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Some Particularities of Indian Bioethics: The Problem of Female Foeticide and Infanticide

A specific bioethical problem which India encounters today, in the era prenatal diagnostics, is the problem of the foeticide and/or infanticide of female children. Namely, the Indian society is dominated by men, and male children are highly valued, whereas female children are exceptionally discriminated. This discrimination is manifested through female children not being provided adequate nutrition or medical care, along with pronounced emotional deprivation. The most recent and, in the same time, worst form of discrimination is exactly female foeticide and infanticide, which - this should be specifically mentioned - is most often carried out in the Indian state Tamil Nadu.

bioethics ; India ; foeticide ; infanticide ; women

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