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What is amniocentesis? How is it misused?

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Amniocentesis is a prenatal diagnostic test to detect the chromosomal pattern of the cells in the amniotic fluid that surrounds the developing foetus in the womb. It is misused to determine the sex of pre-born child that leads to female foeticide of an unborn girl child.
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