Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

Female Foeticide and the Role of Society: An Indian Perspective

Hiranmaya Nanda, Chinmaya Kumar Mohapatra

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Foeticide&rdquo; implies murder of foetus or more elaborately terminating the life span of an emyo. Presently India is the main nation on the planet where the proportion of female to male has been waning throughout the years. The purpose for this proportion is clearly the abuse of indicative methods and tests which has added one more wrongdoing to the considerable rundown of violations against females. Adding to it , destitution, mind of the general public, constrain by relatives, settlement custom, male child to be favored over female etc. are some different reasons for female foeticide in India.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>