Question

effects of female feticide in india

Answer 1

Answer:

When families choose to partake in pre-natal sex selection through illegal ultrasounds or abortions, they impart a negative spillover on society. These include increased gender disparity, a high sex ratio, lives lost, lack of development, and abuse and violence against women and children.

Dowry Prohibition Act: 1961

Female Infanticide Act:

Answer 2

Female foeticide is the term given to the abortion of female children in the womb.

Explanation:

• Female foeticide is one of the major reasons behind the huge gap between the male and female population in India.

• Female foeticide has also resulted in a growing patriarchal mindset in the society.

• Female foeticide also results in an unsafe society for women.  
• Female foeticide also results in a low sex ratio due to which women are abused and exploited in the society.