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 Describing the PNDT Act and its features.

05 Aug 2026
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The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, commonly known as the PNDT Act, is an important Indian law aimed at preventing the misuse of prenatal diagnostic techniques for sex selection and the resulting practice of female foeticide. It was enacted in 1994 as the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act and was amended in 2003 to include pre-conception techniques. The amended law is known as the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994. The Act is particularly significant for adolescents and society because it promotes gender equality, protects the rights of girls, and discourages discrimination against the female child. The main objective of the Act is to prohibit sex selection before or after conception and to regulate the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques. Techniques such as ultrasonography and other diagnostic procedures may be used for detecting genetic abnormalities, chromosomal disorders, congenital malformations and certain sex-linked diseases. However, these techniques
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