THE SUPREME COURT REQUESTS GOVERNMENT INPUT ON UNREGULATED SEX-CHANGE SURGERIES.
Why in the news?
Supreme Court seeks government response on PIL regarding regulation of sex-change surgeries for intersex individuals, highlighting risks involved.
source:TOI
About the Petition for Regulation:
The Supreme Court sought the government’s response on a PIL urging regulation of medical interventions, including sex reassignment surgeries, for intersex children at birth.
Intersex individuals are born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t align with traditional male or female categories, leading to surgeries to conform to binary norms.
About Pre-conception or pre-natal sex determination:
Pre-conception or pre-natal sex determination is illegal in India under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.
Advertisers are prohibited from promoting goods or services related to gender or sex determination according to Google AdWords policies.
About The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act:
The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994
Aims to combat female foeticide and improve the sex ratio in India.
It prohibits sex determination techniques before or after conception to prevent sex-selective abortions.
The act regulates prenatal diagnostic techniques, allowing their use only for detecting specific medical conditions, not gender.
Advertising prenatal or pre-conception sex determination services is illegal under the act, punishable by imprisonment and fines.