Female Foeticide

Female foeticide Dr.Sujnanendra Mishra, MD PATNAGARH

female feticide is Aborting a female fetus after sex determination test. Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques include Ultra-sonography,  Foetoscopy, Amniocentesis and Taking samples of amniotic fluid, embryo, blood or any tissue or fluid of pregnant women after conception, 09/11/09

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FACTORS that FAVOUR….. Evil of Dowry Social Security Religion Small family Norm URBAN Living EDUCATIONAL STATUS SOCIETY 09/11/09

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Evil of Dowry It is estimated that a dowry death occurs in India every The93 practice of dowry ,a nationwide problem. minutes.

• • Now found in communities and castes in which it had never been the custom. • Inherited from upper caste practices. In majority of cases, • Laws failed to show any impact on the practice of dowry.

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Evil of Dowry…….. • In marriage the groom demanded that the bride’s father also provide for his daughter’s maintenance, since she was now a financial ‘burden’ on him. And the system of dowry started. So, a girl became a potential financial drain on man • As a matter of prestige too, more money and material goods asked in dowry. • The girl was no longer desired. 09/11/09

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Social Security:

In order to continue possessing ones property, even after death, the need of an heir, a son, became necessary . The birth of a son is regarded as essential in Hinduism and many prayers and lavish offerings are made in temples in the hope of having a male child.

Son as Social Security for old age

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Religion helps ?……. • The Ramayana and the • Islam permits Manusmriti (the Laws polygamy and gives of Manu) represent the women fewer rights ideal woman as than men. obedient and submissive, and advocates care of a male: first father, then husband, then son. Shame 09/11/09

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Small Child Norm • Faced with social burdens rarely any one prefers to have more children. • One or two is the norm of the day . • For continuance of ones property, and gene, the need of an heir, a son, becomes necessary. • Amniocentesis and sonography, widely available, • Termination of pregnancy is simple and accessible. • Female foeticide has become quite easy. • Couple adopts evil ‘It is better to spend Rs 500 now than Rs5,00000 (in dowry) later’ 09/11/09

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The world population has a sex ratio of 990 females per 1000 males Sex ratio: Japan 1041 USA 1029 Indonesia 1004 Bangladesh 953 China 944 India 933

WikiProject India Maps

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India has one of the lowest sex ratios in the world

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SexRatio INDIA 980

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RURAL VS URBAN ?? Closer to facility CHILD SEX ratio

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909 894

885 867

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CHILD SEX RATIO IN SC /ST. POPULATION

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State

District

Child sex Ratio

Arunachal Pradesh

Lower Subansiri Upper Siang East Kemeng

1005 1010 1035

Chhattisgarh

Baster Dantewada

1009 1014

Jammu & Kashmir

Badgam

1002 1021

Meghalaya

Jaintia Hills

995

Orissa

Nabarangpur

999

Sikkim

North

995

Kupwara

Top Ten Districts (Better Sex Ratio) 2001.

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Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 males) India / States / Union Sl. No. Territories 1991 INDIA 927

2001 933

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Jammu and Kashmir 896

2 3 4 5

Himachal Pradesh Punjab Chandigarh Uttaranchal

6 7 8

Haryana Delhi Rajasthan

21

Orissa

971

972

22

Chhatisgarh

985

990

900

23

Madhya Pradesh

912

920

976 882 790 936

970 874 773 964

24

Gujarat

934

921

25

Daman & Diu

969

709

865 827 910

861 821 922

26

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

952

811

27

Maharashtra

934

922

28

Andhra Pradesh

972

978

29

Karnataka

960

964

30

Goa

967

960

31

Lakshadweep

943

947

32

Kerala

1036

1058

33

Tamil Nadu

974

986

34

Pondicherry

979

1001

35

Andaman & Nicobar 818 Islands*

9

Uttar Pradesh

876

898

10

Bihar

907

921

11

Sikkim

878

875

12

Arunachal Pradesh

859

901

13 14 15 16 17 18

Nagaland Manipur Mizoram Tripura Meghalaya Assam

886 958 921 945 955 923

909 978 938 950 975 932

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West Bengal Jharkhand

917 922

934 941

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FEMALE FOETICIDE & INDIANS LIVING ABROAD: • Indians in other countries are going for sex selective abortions is evident by the fact that sex ratio at birth among the Indian community in New Jersey is as bad as in Punjab and Haryana. • A report in the British Newspaper, 'observer', had come up with evidence that British Asian women go to India to abort their baby girls. The British Law does not allow parents to choose sex of their babies except to avoid certain gender linked diseases. This forces many to go abroad. Abortion on the ground of sex is not allowed under the Abortion Act of 1967 in the UK. But sex can be disclosed by patients if they ask during ultrasound.

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Society today…….. It speaks of a whole Society that has gone corrupt, desiring destruction of half its population, Are we secular, social, and human?.In Modern India a woman is regarded as a commodity and marriage has become more of a business alliance than a sacred bond between two souls.

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The Girl Child …….. • 1 out of every 3 girls does not live to see her 15th birthday • One-third of these deaths take place at birth • Every sixth girl child’s death is due to gender discrimination • Females are victimised far more than males during childhood • 1 out of every 10 women reported some kind of child sexual abuse during childhood, chiefly by known persons 09/11/09

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• 1 out of 4 girls is sexually abused before the age of 4 • 19% are abused between the ages of 4 and 8 • 28% are abused between the ages of 8 and 12 • 35% are abused between the ages of 12 and 16 • 1 out of 6 girls will not live to see their 12th birthday • 3 lakh more girls than boys die every year • Female mortality exceeds male mortality in 224 out of 402 districts in India

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• Death rate among girls below the age of 4 years is higher than that of boys. Even if she escapes infanticide or foeticide, a girl child is less likely to receive immunisation, nutrition or medical treatment compared to a male child • 53% of girls in the age group of 5 to 9 years are illiterate • Every year 27,06,000 children under 5 years die in India. And the deaths of girl children are higher than those of male children. Source: www.cry.org 09/11/09

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Women Achievers

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‘Where women are honored there Gods are pleased; But where they are not honored no sacred rite yields rewards.’ Laws of Manu

SAVE GIRL CHILD , SAVE THE WORLD