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Chapter 2Chapter‐3
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s in the wontesis, chriohy. Once td. The incrsex ratio ws decline tly destroy
st all the es like heaeven more
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NDT Act hae and prevs amendedfter 10 yeat has beent more costic Technt within ithe misuseion and mon of the ssex of fetuination of
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However eontinues un clinics, if Out of 100were from The age ofompared tre practiceWhen askeYES” in BaBhind are st4% of preoing for prDue to exommunitybecause onBalaghat 52est. This segarding thOut of 38%onographiout of 52%one in 1st t1% of pregn the USG 65% of the2% of the 5% in Balahe fact thaTo the intepractice of 75% said dnowledge espondento attitude he society.of reductio
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even after uncheckednot all of t0% responeligible cof marriageto Bhind wed in Bhindd regardinalaghat andtill having egnant worimary heaxcessive iy does not nly 38% de2% of pregshows thathe Sonogra
% pregnantic Test in B pregnant trimester. gnant womCenters. communicommunitaghat and 6at there is reresting qfemale fodue to attin commt said that of society. This clearn in girl ch
f India
10 years. It is very them. dents covuples and e in Balagwhich is abd. ng the regud 54% “YEdeliveries omen are alth care cenformatiodeclare theclared thgnant womt the wronaphic Testt women wBhind, 61%women re men said t
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hat they w
now the eents in Bhnd responin girl childraised on the societsociety toalaghat diue to dowrgirls and othat dowryio in Bhind
aw, the pet sex selec
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y Board we sex ratio e law doesl diagnosti openly useing. This itechnologtechnique.
f India
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n impact se‐natal DAct, 1994 hat. It couldeffective aically. 10 years. It is very them. t the comth Departher staff png by the al officer.lighted dusensitized s and regue the inspecheck andachines ander the Pwas formuis less tha
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ring the madvocatesulations giections of a inspect thd cancellaPC NDT Aculated to n the averly prohibitly for certaund test foolation of lay requiredely is ultras
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er PC PNDTher Depard the ment, an offic
State Suplegal field r PC PNDTred bodies ations of mfit techniciel of experinspectiontio. tion tests, al conditios, speciousthe Act. ons other tuired for e
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e filling of tf pregnance on the sessue is thapletely unlized. This raphy test tus. Howeuring pregcessary to finding wacult to go aces. to the advry few caslapses w
f India
men. It hagy is restricAct specifietechniqueutinely carely violatindistinction
actually usiof Advisored after thpassed. Amion, while ording to thre registe
propriate Aned that dHere the pe amendmthe Form Fcies is theex determiat the ethicnderminedhas been per trimesver, the dgnancy. Thget the bus that the against the
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mong the sfour machhe PC PDNred with
Authority uuring the fpregnant wment in theF. e method nation tescal groundd and theproved byster is enodoctors anus a total usiness. doctor’s loem. Theref
om Madhybeen regiscur during
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with gynecod clinics so on SSE is coons against
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