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What is female foeticide ? Discuss the efforts mady by the government to curb female foeticide.
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Female foeticide is the practice of
killing a female child in the womb
before she is born, because of the
preference for a male child
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The government has passed the Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act
PNDT Act
to curb female foeticide.
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This act
bans the sex determination and disclosure of the foetus
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- Anyone who breaks this law can be punished with jail and fine.
