Laws against abortion do not prevent abortions from taking place, but they do discriminate against poor women.

In most countries where abortion is illegal, women with sufficient financial resources can find a safe way to obtain an illegal abortion. Women with money also have the option to travel to countries where abortion is legal. Poor women are left with the option of backstreet abortions or home remediess, both of which have killed countless numbers of women. At present, any woman with enough funds to get across the border to South Africa can get a safe, legal abortion. Other women are left only with choices that endanger their health. This is the practical reality, and it is manifestly unfair.

People always pray for a BOY Not for a GIRL Blessings of elders are for MALE Not for FEMALE But in need of wealth People pray to Ma LAXMI For success in education People pray to Ma SARASWATI For removal of tension People pray to Ma AMBAJI And to escape from the devil People pray to Ma KALI Now tell me, why do people hesitate to have a FEMALE in the family, While those whom they pray to during trouble, are FEMALES?

SAVE THE GIRL CHILD!!!

The fact that urban population has access to the facility of sex determination, such as sonography machines, it is considered one of the vital reasons of this decline.it clearly depicts the worsening situation in the urban region with respect to that of the rural population. There is rampant misuse of technological advances. Female foeticide, or sex selective abortion, is the elimination of the female foetus from the womb itself. However, prior to such elimination, the sex of the foetus has to be established, and it is done by methods such as amniocentesis, chorion villus biopsy, and now through the most popular technique Ultrasonography. The fact that, despite the PCPNDT and MTP act, the decline has not stopped. According to census 2001 data reveals that the number of girls per 1,000 boys in the 06 age-group dropped from 945 to 927 between 1991 and 2001. In some states, the sex ratio declined to less than 900 girls per 1,000 boys; in certain districts the ratio is below 700 girls per 1,000 boys. In spite of all the rules and regulations formulated as part of the amended PCPNDT Act (2003), studies show that medical practitioners continue to disclose the sex of the foetus to parents, thereby facilitating the elimination of unwanted children through abortions. The number of ultrasound clinics too has multiplied over the years.

Once the sex of the foetus is determined, it is aborted if it is female. The difference between female infanticide and foeticide is a matter of technique and timing. But for female foeticide, the assistance of a third party, namely a medical practitioner, is required to determine the sex of the foetus. This intervention could have played a role as a great deterrent in effectively countering female foeticide; instead, unfortunately, incessant demand and the lure of easy money have led to medical practitioners colluding with parents and relatives to carry out sex determination tests. Consequently, sex determination centres have mushroomed in all parts of the country including small districts and villages. Overnight, medical practitioners have changed their discipline to fulfill the never-ending demand for sex determination. In many cases, these centres are manned not by qualified doctors, but by technicians. It is certainly a fact that sex determination techniques have been in use in India since 1975, primarily to detect genetic abnormalities. However, these techniques have been widely misused to determine the sex of the foetus and the consequent abortion of the female foetus.