All the following are uses of amniocentesis, but one is misuse. Which one is misuse?
The centres for genetic counselling offer amniocentesis on request to women for chromosome analysis
This technique has been developed for detecting foetal abnormalities by analysing chromosomal defects
It is used to study metabolic defects of foetus like $PKU$ (phenyl ketonuria)
It is done to examine the sex of the foetus leading to increasing female foeticides
Medical Termination of Pregnancy $(MTP)$ is considered safe up to how many weeks of pregnancy?
Statement $1$: Mother should not be blamed for the birth of the girls in the family
Statement $2$: Father is not responsible for the sex of the child
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion $A$ and other is labelled as Reason $R$.
Assertion $A$ : Amniocentesis for sex determination is one of the strategies of Reproductive and Child Health Care Programme.
Reason $R$ : Ban on amniocentesis checks increasing menace of female foeticide.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Strict conditions are to be followed in medical termination of pregnancy $\rm {(MTP)}$ procedures. Mention two reasons.
Give information about medical termination of pregnancy.