SUB THEMES:
1. Female Foeticide: Misconceptions and Dilemmas
„« Ethical and Development Dilemmas like Use or Misuse of Medical Technology , Womenˇ¦ Reproductive Rights and application of Section 302 IPC
2. Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Debate over Female Foeticide
3. Right to Abortion versus Sex-Selective Abortions in India
4. Effectiveness of Social Legislations with special reference to:
„« The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 2000
„« The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
„« The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1962
5. Profiling the Nexus of Tradition, Technology and Prosperity
6. Emerging Trends in Sex Selection:
„« From Two-Child to One-Child Norm
„« From Ultra-Sounds to Non-Medicinal and Non-Intrusive Methods of Gender Selection like At-Home Gender Test Kits
„« Infanticide
„« Pre-Conception Chromosomal Segregation, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) and Made-to Order Pregnancies or 'Designer Babies Phenomenonˇ¦: Examining the Pros and Cons.
7. Role of Religious Organizations, NGOs and the State
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