aborting the female fetus inside the womb in order to avoid the birth of a girl, is what we refer to female foeticide. Female foeticide is accessible after the sex determination through ultrasounds and scanning process. Everyday approximate hundreds of female fetuses are being aborted in India. Female foeticide is the result of many old preferences, ideologies and traditions prevailing in the Indian society. A boy (son) has always been the prime preference of each and every family of the Indian society. A boy is supposed to carry forward the name, tradition, customs and pride of the family. He is supposed to be the next major member of the family after the father and even claims the whole property of the family whereas a girl has not been given any such privilege and rights in the family. Even at the funeral of the father only the son is allowed to follow the rituals and must give the fire to the father whereas a girl is never given any such right. And that is why there is a prevalent preference for a son in Indian society and this is a major reason behind the frequent practice of female-foeticide. Many people/parents/couples are afraid to bear the expenses of a girl child and they rather prefer to kill the infant (female-infanticide) or the fetus at the very early stage. And these all orthodox ideologies and preferences are originated from illiteracy and poverty. Female-foeticide has given rise to the fluctuation in sex ratio in almost every state of India. Female foeticide is giving rise to many problems such as prostitution, trafficking, rape, sexual harassment, kidnapping of girls. Sociologists have almost predicted that the day is not far enough when in the villages one girl would be married to five men at a time in order to continue the functioning of the society.
