“FEMALE FOETICIDEIN INDIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS”
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Atharvaveda Says “ The birth of a daughter granted elsewhere, here grant a son; This saying in the Holy Scripture Sums up the Indian attitude towards female children who are subjected to multifarious travails infected by the society on them. The girl children in India have been the most vulnerable to the insults of deprivation as well as discrimination. It is disgrace for the Indian society, which considers the birth of a girl child as a bad investment in future.
All counties where female foeticide is practiced are at risk for being caught in a vicious circle. Female foeticide leads to low female to male ratio which in turn perpetuates low status of women. Conversely low status of woman leads to more female foeticide. Everywhere Women are confrontes with many challenges. Female foeticide is perhaps one of the worst forms of violence against women where a women is denies her most basic and fundamental Right. In Indian society, female foeticide has emerges as a burning social problem during the last few year. Women have equal rights with men upon earth in religion and society they are very important element. Divine Justice demands that the rights of both Saxes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the eyes of Heaven.
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