In an Asian Center for Human Rights, a Delhi-based human rights NGO, a world-leading women’s infanticide study, it was disclosed that the choice of a son over a child is a primary reason for women’s infanticide in many countries. In South Asia, the Dowry system that makes children ‘unbeatable economic strain’ is also contributing to infanticide amongst women. In India, it is prohibited to select or to disclose the sex of the fetus in the Indian Act on Preconception and Prenatal Díagnostic Techniques (Prohibitions to Sex Selection). It also forbids sale by persons, laboratories, and clinics not registered under the Law of “any ultrasonic machine or any other instrument capable of identifying the sex of fetuses.”
The recent census in India, which took place in 2011, showed that Uttarakhand had a child sex rate from 908 in 2001 to 890, ten years later (the number of girls per 1,000 children). More shockingly, recent figures have been. According to a recent government poll in 132 Uttarkashi villages, none of the 216 children in the three-month villages born were girls.
The unavoidable impact on marriage systems will be that demographic imbalance. Many men may need to delay or forego marriage in nations where marriage is practically ubiquitous because they cannot find a spouse, stated the report.
The overall culpability for female feticides lies in Indian society. However, Indian doctors are unique and powerful. They are able to interrupt institutional violence against women by refusing to engage in the treatment of women’s feticides, a blatant infringement of the concept of charity and non-malignancy. Despite its weaknesses, the PCPNDT Act is a well-determined piece of social law strengthening medical ethics practice by giving legal incentives for Indian doctors to respect their duties. Although the PCPNDT Act recognizes and points out the serious societal problem, the fact that women’s feticide has not been considerably curbed and the unintended consequences cannot be ignored. The cumbersome ultrasound limitations preventing Indian doctors access to a vital imaging method have not resulted in the societal transformation envisaged under the PCPNDT Act. In the end, a remedy as multifaceted and complex as the basic reasons is required to finish female feticide.