Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (TP)

Udupi, Oct 24: Determining or disclosing the sex of a foetus before birth, as well as committing female foeticide, constitutes a punishable offence under Indian law.

Members of the public are urged to report such incidents to the relevant authorities, said Dr Leslie Lewis, president of the District-Level Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act Advisory Committee.

Presiding over the district-level PCPNDT advisory committee meeting held on Friday, October 24, at the conference hall of the district health and family welfare officer’s office in Udupi, Dr Lewis stressed the importance of safeguarding the girl child’s right to life.

“Girls must be given the right to live in society. Killing them in the womb leads to gender imbala

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