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In India, Killing of Unborn Girls Continues

Posted on 03/31/11 by Kristine

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If the early results of the 2011 national census are any indication, females in India are still being murdered while inside the womb, Alertnet reports.

The child sex ratio in the country is now 914 females per 1,000 males, said to be the lowest since Independence. This is also a significant decline from 10 years ago, when the ratio was 927 to 1,000.

The states of Haryana and Punjab have the lowest sex ratio in children aged 0-6, with 830 and 846 females respectively.

The government has banned prenatal sex determination tests since 1996 but, as the data shows, this hasn't been very effective in turning the tide against female foeticide. Proposed solutions range from stronger enforcement of laws to women empowerment.

After years and years of fighting for gender equality and women's rights, we still have to somehow convince people that females are important enough to be allowed to be born. We still have to contend with this problem: How do we keep unborn daughters alive?

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  • on 04/01/11, by Keksi:

    That is so sad, how people can do it?:( should have stronger laws but the most important force the government to enforce the laws...

  • on 04/04/11, by girlygirl200:

    Y do people have to do that. they rely didn't know if that unborn baby could've made a difference in the world then they had to go and rune it!I don't rely like those MEAN PEOPLE plus they should b sent 2 jail by the goverment.

  • on 04/09/11, by Eric Shang:

    In my opinion, no one can change other people' live, except their own. We all treat us good and we all love ourselves. Why can those people do that?

  • on 04/09/11, by jkcarillo:

    This is so sad. In India what I remember was that, if you have to marry off your daughter, you have to pay the dowry to her husband's family. This was another reason why a lot of people would kill unborn girls. A lot of women in India are physically abused by their own husband and her own in-laws. A lot of these women commit suicide. It is so disturbing yet sad to hear such stories. There are now shelters where women can go to if they can't stand the beatings anymore. They can't go back to their own families as they won't take their own daughters back. Reason they would give is that they already paid so much for their dowries, why should we take them back. Main issue that's leading both of these incidents is lack of women's rights in the society.

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