It is perhaps an irony that in India many couples try to abort female fetus every year, while India is a nation where most people follow Hinduism and in Hinduism, the (female) Goddesses are perhaps worshipped and respected more than Gods. At the same time, Indians are crazy for the beautiful Bollywood actresses. So, it is a painful thing to see that in Indian society, among ordinary people, there is no respect for the female baby.
New York Times wrote:
In his first speech on the subject, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh highlighted an “alarming” decline in the number of girls for every 1,000 boys in India, slipping to 927 in 2001 from 962 in 1981, according to the latest census figures. “This indicates that growing economic prosperity and education levels have not led to a corresponding mitigation in this acute problem,” he said.
“No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women,” Mr. Singh said, giving an inaugural speech at a national conference dedicating to “saving the girl child,” which brought together politicians, doctors and advocates.
Now, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has come forward and called for preventing the abortion of the female fetuses. This matter is becoming a major cause of concern for Indian society because the number of female is decreasing quickly. If this trend continues then after one decade, sex ratio will become totally imbalanced and many men will find it very difficult to find girls for marriages.
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