THE SEX SELECTIVE ABORTIONS IN INDIA

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The practice of terminating pregnancy based on the predicted sex of the baby is called Sex Selective abortion. Practice of sex selective abortion is very common is India, China, Pakistan and some other countries as well. The most common reason for the performing this act is to have male child instead of female one where their cultural norms value male child more over female child. This is about abortion, of course but it’s also a much larger problem: the worth of a woman’s life. In a culture where sons inherit properties and they carry on family name but daughters don’t, more ever girls are more vulnerable to infanticide, abuse and neglect. (CHLOE, 2011).

This paper presents how ethical is the abortions that are sex selective and what are the steps taken to prevent such practices. This will also focus on the beliefs of people of India.

Background

The incidents of female fetuses’ abortions are recent phenomenon due to the change and development in the medical technologies and diagnosis processes. But their roots can be traced to the