The proposal to adopt female foetuses in rural areas is an attempt to cover up the lapses in India’s maternal health schemes
Illustration: Anand Naorem
EVERY NEWBORN girl child (from foetus stage) will be adopted by the Republic of India. This is a claim the Planning Commission proposes to make on behalf of the government in a bid to tackle the declining sex ratio. The proposal fixes responsibility on the government to ensure protection of the female foetus and the mother in rural areas through involvement of anganwadi workers, ASHA workers and local NGOs. They propose to support both mother and unborn child through pregnancy by detecting the sex of the child in advance, and believe it would have a positive impact on reducing sex selective abortions. The premise of this ‘outof- the-box’ proposal is a desperate attempt to cover inadequacies in the implementation of laws penalising female foeticide. Read more
Source : tehelka.com
