05-12-2012, 01:07 PM
Female Foeticide : A Hall of Shame
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Female foeticide is a process of aborting perfectly healthy female foetuses after about 18 weeks (or more) of gestation just because they are females
Causes :
1) EVIL OF DOWRY:- The exorbitant dowry demand is one of the main reason for female foeticide . A girl means accumulation of sufficient resourses for the dowry the parent have to give away, when the girls get married.
2)The belief that it is only the son who can perform the last rites, lineage and inheritance runs through the male line, sons will look after parents in old age, men are bread winners etc.
“Death becomes her”
According to Chinese estimates, by 2020 there are likely to be 40 million unmarried young men, called guang guan or ‘bare branches’, in China, because of the adverse sex ratio.
Measures to prevent the menace:
• Focus on the humanist, scientific and rational approach and a move away from the traditional teachings which support discrimination.• Empowerment of women and measures to deal with other discriminatory practices such as dowry, etc.
• A strong ethical code for doctors.
• Simpler methods for complaint registration for all women, particularly those who are most vulnerable.