Declining sex ratio & feticide in various parts of country.

               Declining sex ratio & feticide in various parts of country.

The people who do not want baby girl are indeed bankrupt in their mentality & approach. If we go to the root of the matter we find that conservative section of society think that the baby girl will bring the financial burden to them so they don’t hesitate to resort even the illegal method of feticide & infanticide which is a utter shame & disgrace to them. Trauma of a woman can be judged through their experience & statements which make them sick to give birth of a girl in a society where son is considered everything & daughter is not welcomed. Killing of female foetus is certainly a social crime which has far reaching effect on society resulting in decreasing sex ratio that leads to increase in crimes against woman. Only in Kerla, we take solace that the woman enjoys the high status where the feticide & infanticide is not a problem. Sex ratio in kerla about 1000 boys, 1084 girls are born average. Rest of the states of India the sex ratio is 940. It is very horrifying situation in Haryana where sex ratio has now come to 877, which expose that feticide & infanticide is so rampant in that state. When the law is quite clear against the feticide then why this illegal sex determination is thriving in the various parts of the country with the help of the scanning & ultra sound machine which is available with the greedy doctors who use it to fill their coffers.

Govt should conduct the raid or sting operation where such illegal practices are going on. Under these circumstances it has become necessary to monitor the activities of pre-natal diagnostic centres, genetic clinics, genetic counselling centres, genetic laboratories, ultrasound clinics, and imaging centres to prevent female feticide. Unfortunately the functioning of the above centres is not being properly watched, supervised by the authorities under the PNDT ACT.

            It is wrong notion that such types of practices are only common in uneducated & poor segment of society. On the contrary this evil or malaise is also found in the affluent class where a person like doctor herself had to undergo two times for abortions as her husband who is lawyer too mount pressure on her to give birth a son. This shows that this is a social problem & mindset of the people & she says that it is bitter truth of our society from which even the elite class is not free from it. To curb the sex determination cases State Govt should make the vigilance committee to check the illegal practices just to nab the culprits found guilty of violating the law.

           Public should know that the Govt has earmarked toll free number 104 for the complaint of sex determination test. A registered medical practitioner or any other person involved in this illegal practices  can be punished for 3 years of imprisonment and fined up to 10000/- For subsequent offences the punishment can go up 50000/ or 1 lac & imprisonment up to 5 years.