Baby girls being abandoned in India : HindustanTimes.com
Posted Nov 18 2008 12:16am
Baby girls being abandoned in India : HindustanTimes.com: "Even today we have an abandoned five-day-old baby girl in the maternity ward whose parents disappeared right after delivery. They even walked way with their medical records so we cannot trace them.
“Earlier, only illegitimate children were abandoned, but going by the fact that more girls are left behind than boys, I suspect people now see it as a convenient way to get rid of an unwanted girl child,” says Misra."
The purpose of the PNDT Act was to protect girls. It is a sad tragedy that a law which was supposed to protect female fetuses has ended up in couples discarding their baby girls . Who is responsible for this ? By forcing couples to have girls they don't want, whom are we really helping ?
I wonder what the plight of the third and fourth baby girls in poor families is . Even if they are not abandoned , are they being looked after well ? Why doesn't anyone care about what happens to them ? Is is fair to sacrifice individuals at the altar of a balanced sex ratio ?
Baby girls being abandoned in India : HindustanTimes.com: "Even today we have an abandoned five-day-old baby girl in the maternity ward whose parents disappeared right after delivery. They even walked way with their medical records so we cannot trace them.
“Earlier, only illegitimate children were abandoned, but going by the fact that more girls are left behind than boys, I suspect people now see it as a convenient way to get rid of an unwanted girl child,” says Misra."
The purpose of the PNDT Act was to protect girls. It is a sad tragedy that a law which was supposed to protect female fetuses has ended up in couples discarding their baby girls . Who is responsible for this ? By forcing couples to have girls they don't want, whom are we really helping ?
I wonder what the plight of the third and fourth baby girls in poor families is . Even if they are not abandoned , are they being looked after well ? Why doesn't anyone care about what happens to them ? Is is fair to sacrifice individuals at the altar of a balanced sex ratio ?