3 arrested for banned sex determination test in India
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Indian officials have arrested a doctor and two of his associates as they were about to carry out a banned sex determination test for a pregnant woman in a car in a secluded forest.
State health officials in a joint operation with police sent a decoy pregnant woman to the accused, who agreed to determine the sex of her fetus for 30,000 rupees ($460). Police arrested the three and seized an ultrasound machine from the car.
A state health official said Friday that the doctor is accused of conducting such tests since 2015.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}India banned sex determination tests in 1994 to restore gender balance as parents prefer boys to girls. India has 940 girls born for every 1,000 boys.