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Geeta & her mother were going to market. On they way to market they came across a street play being staged. The play was about the female foeticide. Later Geeta asked her mother as to why the people terminate the female foetus. (i) How & at what stage of development the determination of sex of the foetus can be done. (ii) How it can be stopped. (iii) What values are exhibited by Geeta

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(i) The sex of baby in the womb can be determined by amniocentesis technique. It can be done after first three months of pregnancy.

(ii) It can be stopped by legislation. The Government has already imposed a ban on sex-determination of the foetus. In & also declared that those who are involved in foeticide practice are liable to punishment. Public awareness about it is also being spread through media and plays etc. 

(iii) Geeta is quite enquiring & has exhibited the values of awareness, inquisition & curiosity



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