Female feticide

Female feticide is the selective abortion/elimination of the girl child in the womb itself, done deliberately by the mother, after the detection of the childs gender through medical means. This is usually done under familial pressure from the husband or the inlaws or even the womans parents. t has been six long decades since India gained independence but many Indians are still trapped in age-old traditional beliefs. Here, old beliefs imply the mindset of people who still find themselves in the trap of girl-boy inequality. Sadly, there have been numerous incidents of the foetus being found lying in farms, floating in rivers, wrapped up in jute bags etc. Indias major social problem is the intentional killing of the girl child. The struggle for a girl child starts the day her existence is known in her mothers womb In India, the girl child is considered a burden as huge amounts of money, gold and other items need to be given in the form of dowry when she gets married. Dowry is not the only reason for poor couple to abort their girl child foeticide is not only common in rural areas BUT ALSO so-called educated people living in urban areas and metropolitan cities who are a step ahead in killing the girl child in the womb. Many families put pressure on women to give birth to boy so that he can take familys name forward, light the funeral pyre and be the bread earner of the family. But these days, are girls less competent than boys? government should snatch the licence of those doctors who do such practice. Those doctors who tell people for few bucks that the child inside their womb is male or female its really shame for us that even though there are many ladies leading in India, still we think girls as unwanted and consider only boys as "GHAR KA CHIRAG OR KULDEEPAK" we need to change this attitude.....