5. FEMALE FOETICIDE
It is aborting a female foetus after sex
determination test.
Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques includes
Ultra-sonography,
Foetoscopy,
Amniocentesis and Taking samples of amniotic
fluid, embryo, blood or any tissue or fluid of
pregnant women after conception.
6. FEMALE FOETICIDE:
THE EVIL IN INDIA
The health department
officials, auxiliary nurses and
midwives are also alleged of
being involved in helping
pregnant women abort female
foetuses.
7. FEMALE FOETICIDE:
THE EVIL IN INDIA
REASONS
• CASTE SYSTEM
• ECONOMIC OPPRESSION
• DENIAL OF RIGHT TO PROPERTY
• SOCIAL STIGMA
• DEPRIVATION OF EDUCATION.
• RELIGION SUPPORTS ……
8. FEMALE FOETICIDE:
THE EVIL IN INDIA
We are born of woman.
We make friendship with
woman.
We are bound with the world
through woman.
There is none without woman
9. FEMALE FOETICIDE: THE EVIL IN INDIA
“FEMALES” ARE A VERY
“PRECIOUS ASSETS” OF THE
WORLD
BECAUSE
17. FEMALE FOETICIDE:
THE EVIL IN INDIA
The evil of foeticide is
not just restricted to
economically backward
classes. It is, infact,
the prosperous and the
well-off families
29. FEMALE FOETICIDE: THE EVIL IN INDIA
FEMALE FOETICIDE
Female Foeticide will disturb
male-female ratio:
President Pratibha Patil
30. FEMALE FOETICIDE: THE EVIL IN INDIA
FEMALE FOETICIDE
Female
Foeticide a
Shame on
Indian
Society:
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
31. FEMALE FOETICIDE: THE EVIL IN INDIA
FEMALE FOETICIDE
Pre-natal sex
determination
and female
foeticide is
more prevalent
in the urban:
Minister for Women and
Child Development
Renuka Chowdhary
39. Female Foeticide: The evil in Punjab
• Punjab shares a long and a
shameful history of female
foeticide
• Punjab has the ratio of
776 females to 1,000
males- the 2003 data sex
ratio.
40. Female Foeticide: The evil in
Punjab
•Nawanshahar district in
Punjab is a serious offender
•The district had a sex ratio
of 808 females in 2001, which
has fallen to 775 in 2004
41. Female Foeticide: The evil in
Punjab
• Out of the 477 villages in
the Nawanshahar district,
•16 villages have a male-
female sex ratio of 500-1000
•65 villages have a ratio of
less than 700-1000
42. Female Foeticide: The evil in
Punjab
Guru Nanak Dev Ji said
women give birth to
kings,
But Punjab the most
prosperous state in India
has the lowest sex ratio