Sodomy, Lesbianism As Unnatural Sex Offences Withdrawn From Medical Books

The NMC had brought back topics such as the hymen and its type, and its medico-legal importance in addition to defining virginity and defloration, legitimacy and its medico-legal importance.

The National Medical Commission today withdrew and cancelled guidelines under the Competency-Based Medical Education Curriculum in which it had reintroduced sodomy and lesbianism as unnatural sexual offences in the forensic medicine and toxicology curriculum for undergraduate medical students.

The guidelines were issued on August 31.

"It is informed that the Circular of even number dated 31.08.2024 thereby issuing Guidelines under Competency-Based Medical Education Curriculum (CBME) 2024, stands "withdrawn and cancelled" with immediate effect. The above guidelines will be revised and uploaded in due course," the National Medical Commission (NMC) said.