CHECKING GENDER BY SLASHING STOMACH:MAN ARRESTED

  • 22/09/2020

New Delhi : The attack, which took place on Saturday, caused the baby'sdeath and left the mother in critical condition. She remains hospitalized inintensive care in the capital New Delhi, said police in Budaun, Uttar Pradeshstate."He attacked her with a sickle and ripped her stomach saying that hewanted to check the gender of the unborn child," according to the woman'sbrother, Golu Singh.The couple already have five daughters.Police said the babywas stillborn late on Sunday and the husband had been remanded in custody.

Indiahas long struggled with pervasive gender inequality and a preference for sonsover daughters, which are often viewed as economic burdens  reinforced bycultural practices like requiring a bride to provide a dowry.India has become astate where if women is born,they think that it is waste and lot of money andother expenses for her.The survey also shows a high amount of abortion.

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