NCW, Health Ministry Raid : IVF Clinic busted for promising male babies through IVF abroad
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New Delhi: A team comprising of the National Commission for Women (NCW) along with Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and other organisations, on Tuesday conducted a raid at an IVF clinic here that offered gender identification services and promised male babies to couples by taking them abroad.
According to Rekha Sharma, the National Commission for Women (NCW) chief, a team comprising of officers from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Law and Justice, Delhi Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT), District authorities, police officials and NCW busted a sex-selection racket by conducting operations across the country. The NCW representatives played a crucial role in conducting this raid.
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"The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare received a complaint about a racket operating in Delhi and with branches across the country, by the name 'Ela Woman'. The clinic used to operate through a full-fledged call centre and had a website wherein people could contact them. NCW condemns this act and expresses its concern over gender imbalance in the society today," said Sharma.
According to Rekha Sharma, the National Commission for Women (NCW) chief, a team comprising of officers from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Law and Justice, Delhi Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT), District authorities, police officials and NCW busted a sex-selection racket by conducting operations across the country. The NCW representatives played a crucial role in conducting this raid.
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"The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare received a complaint about a racket operating in Delhi and with branches across the country, by the name 'Ela Woman'. The clinic used to operate through a full-fledged call centre and had a website wherein people could contact them. NCW condemns this act and expresses its concern over gender imbalance in the society today," said Sharma.
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