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Foetal sex can be determined by a test based on the chromosomal pattern from the amniotic fluid.
Revealing sex determination through this test is banned. Is this ban necessary?

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This technique is being misused to determine sex of the child and to kill normal female foetus.Hence determination of sex has been legally banned to avoid female foeticide.
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