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Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, Volume 5, Number 3, pp. 314-337
© 1998 Oxford University Press

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Indian Feminists Debate the Efficacy of Policy Reform: The Maharashtra Ban on Sex-Determination Tests

JANA EVERETT

This paper examines the Indian feminist debate over the efficacy of legislation to end the practice of female feticide, the use of genetic testing to make possible the selective abortion of female fetuses. After a spirited campaign by Bombay feminists, Maharashtra State enacted legislation to ban the use of genetic tests for sex determination purposes in 1988. From the vantage point of 1994–95, it is clear that the law has been ineffective in stopping sex-determination tests (SDTs), which have moved underground. Here I discuss two different interpretive stances developed by Indian feminists in assessing the campaign against SDTs: policy advocacy and statist skepticism. This case study provides a useful vehicle for exploring questions regarding the consequences of women's movement efforts at state policy reform.


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