The use of pre-natal diagnostic techniques for sex selection: the Indian scene
Kusum
Bioethics 7(2-3): 149-165
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0269-9702 PMID: 11651528 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.1993.tb00281.xDocument Number: 338300
The use of pre-natal diagnostic techniques only for sex determination followed by termination of pregnancy on a finding of female foetus, is an atrocious and unethical practice. The bias against a female has been stretched further back: from cradle to grave, it is now from womb to the grave. One cannot however ignore the conditions of the society which breed and encourage such practices. A girl suffers neglect and discrimination right from childhood; she is tortured, harassed and maltreated after marriage. At the work place she is exploited. A widow or a divorcee is looked down upon by the family and the society. All these things make her life miserable and not worth existence....