Female infanticide continues to be a big problem in India. And even though it is illegal to determin the gender of a fetus in the mother's womb, doctors and sex-selective abortion is rampant. Usually, doctors determine the sex of a fetus by ultrasound technology. A new ultrasound machine developed by the Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad could help counter the practice.
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- India
- Rights URI
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Source
- Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2051904/data_euscreenXL_1838527
