• MRS. NAWAZ KHAN
• DR. NUZHAT F. RIZVI
• ABDUL SAJID QUAZI

Female foeticide has been one of the most debated issues which called attention from the various sections of the society. The paper debate at analyzing that female foeticide is the act amounting to heinous crime. It is agonizing that the gender bias and deep-rooted prejudice and discrimination against girl child, which have been there down the centuries, are now found to begin in the womb itself. The girl child in the womb faces the peril of pre birth elimination i.e. female foeticide. The latest advances in modern medical sciences - the tests like amniocentesis and ultra sound are being abused. The tests which were originally designed for the detection of gender related congenital abnormality of the foetus are now being abused particularly in India and Asian countries primarily to detect the sex of the foetus with the intention of getting it aborted if it happens to be that of a female. Such foetus is considered to be “suffering from the very disease of being a female foetus”. The paper conclude that the gap between law and practice has been widely increased and recommend that mass awakening with proper practice of legislation will eliminate barbaric crime. Moreover Acts and Rules are to be appreciated.

: female foeticide, crime, modern medical sciences, Acts, law

"ROLE OF LEGAL DIRECTIVES FOR PREVENTING FEMALE FOETICIDE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.497-506, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBV06110.pdf

"ROLE OF LEGAL DIRECTIVES FOR PREVENTING FEMALE FOETICIDE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp497-506, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBV06110.pdf