Female foetuses are found inlitter bins and officials accept hospitals conducting sex determination testsdo exist, yet health dept's RTI reply says there has been no case of femalefoeticide in the state in 7 years
These are a few cases which caught
public attention and many more cases remain unreported. Yet, an RTI filed by
Mirror with the health and family welfare department elicited the response on
October 30 that in seven years beginning 2008, no case of female foeticide has
been registered against anyone and hence no one has been convicted. Either the
authorities concerned are giving wrong information or have not bothered to
collect relevant information.
The discrimination against girl
child
AMISHA YAGNIK recounted her horror story in the
episode on `female foeticide' of Aamir Khan-anchored Satyamev Jayate in 2012.
She was forced to abort her unborn girl child six times in eight years. Later
her husband was arrested and a case registered against him.
