The Indian health ministry has outlawed the two-finger test performed on rape victims and declared it unscientific, NDTV India reports.
The procedure has been described as a demeaning procedure which is inflicted upon rape victims who make a complaint of sexual abuse.
The two-finger test (TFT), or virginity test, allows doctors to inspect the hymen of women who say they have been raped to verify their claim. The TFT is also supposed to test vaginal laxity and decide whether the victim is habituated to sexual intercourse.
Medical experts worldwide have condemned the procedure as unreliable.
"It has been observed that the rape victims are usually put under a horribly judgmental microscope from the moment they call the cops," said Indrajit Khandekar, in charge of the Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit and associate professor at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences. Full story...
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The procedure has been described as a demeaning procedure which is inflicted upon rape victims who make a complaint of sexual abuse.
The two-finger test (TFT), or virginity test, allows doctors to inspect the hymen of women who say they have been raped to verify their claim. The TFT is also supposed to test vaginal laxity and decide whether the victim is habituated to sexual intercourse.
Medical experts worldwide have condemned the procedure as unreliable.
"It has been observed that the rape victims are usually put under a horribly judgmental microscope from the moment they call the cops," said Indrajit Khandekar, in charge of the Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit and associate professor at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences. Full story...
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