Is a Fertility Treatment Test Being Misused to Select Male Embryos? Yes, Alleges One Mumbai Woman

May 1, 2018

(Scroll) – A complaint received by the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights early this year has raised concerns that fertility clinics might be misusing technology meant for screening genetic disorders to guarantee the birth of boys. It is illegal in India to use any technology to select the gender of a foetus. But activists suspect that medical professionals have been using Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, or PGD as it is commonly known, to selectively implant male embryos.