foeticide

Emerging from a Calcutta shopping mall, where consumerism reigned in all its garish vulgarity, I noticed a large placard attached to the nearest lamppost: Female foeticide is illegal.

Archive 2005-03-01 Jonathan 2005

Emerging from a Calcutta shopping mall, where consumerism reigned in all its garish vulgarity, I noticed a large placard attached to the nearest lamppost: Female foeticide is illegal.

Pundits & panjandrums Jonathan 2005

It should be noted that the word foeticide used in such texts frequently means all sins that are regarded as equivalent to foeticide.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

The reason for the glaring disparity in sex ratio is female foeticide, which is rampant in society.

The Hindu - Front Page 2010

Dr Jatinder Singh from Medicine Department said that every section of the society has to play collective role in checking female foeticide which is a punishable crime.

Medical Terrorism -7800 girls are being killed before birth every year in J&K 2009

His current focus is on addressing the conflicts involving both India's Naxalites and Kashmir and pursuing with fervor struggles against evils like corruption and female foeticide, and for social justice.

Katherine Marshall: Revolutionary Religion: A Conversation With Swami Agnivesh Katherine Marshall 2011

"Up to 50 million girls are thought to be 'missing' over the past century due to female infanticide and foeticide,", the UN population fund says, because parents prefer to have young boys rather than girls.

Afghanistan worst place in the world for women, but India in top five 2011

"Up to 50 million girls are thought to be 'missing' over the past century due to female infanticide and foeticide,", the UN population fund says, because parents prefer to have young boys rather than girls.

Afghanistan worst place in the world for women, but India in top five 2011

But on the gender front, the sex ratio among children up to age 6 dropped to 914 girls for each 1,000 boys from 927 a decade ago, showing that female foeticide continues to be a widespread practice because of a traditional preference in some communities for boys.

India Passes 1.2 Billion Mark Tripti Lahiri 2011

His current focus is on addressing the conflicts involving both India's Naxalites and Kashmir and pursuing with fervor struggles against evils like corruption and female foeticide, and for social justice.

Katherine Marshall: Revolutionary Religion: A Conversation With Swami Agnivesh Katherine Marshall 2011