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A statutory ban has been imposed on sex-determination because
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Options:
  • A amniocentesis is an expensive procedure.
  • B it is morally inappropriate to determine the sex of the child.
  • C it accelerated the birth rate in the country.
  • D to check female foeticides in the country.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: to check female foeticides in the country.
Statutory ban on amniocentesis (a foetal sex determination test based on the chromosomal pattern in the amniotic fluid surrounding the developing embryo) for sex-determination has imposed to legally check increasing female foeticides, massive child immunisation, etc.

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