Ludhiana, May 1 -- The Radiology Welfare Association India has demanded strict enforcement of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) (PNDT) Act, 1994 regarding the operation by the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) scan centers.

In a letter written to the Punjab health minister, signed by nine radiologists, they alleged that the "MRI and CT Scans are the new weapons of female foeticide", while warning that modern imaging technology has made it frighteningly easy to determine foetal sex.

The letter said that an MRI takes less than 5 minutes to produce crystal clear images of foetal genitalia, with which even an untrained eye can identify the sex of the foetus.

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