A recent report from the United Kingdom might have shocked all in Britain. Indian born couple abandoned their IVF (in vitro fertilization) produced twin girls in Wolver Hampton hospital. 

“How could any parent do this?” This was the response of National Health Service official to The Sun. How this kind of strange incident is possible in 21st century Britain? If it has happened in India, not many would have been shocked!  We have had many such cases in North Indian states. 

Female babies are often abandoned in India. But in multi cultural Britain, this incident has been discussed as a strange one. The twins were delivered at the New Cross Hospital in Wolver Hampton. The medics attending the caesarian section were shocked to hear these words form the parents. “We do not want the wrong sex babies”! They were then transferred to a central NHS hospital in Birmingham. 

They had fertility treatment in India as it is illegal in UK in such an advanced age. The parents were born in India but are British citizens living in Birmingham. The mother aged 59 and father, 72. The child was conceived in India with fertility treatment and returned to the UK for delivery. 

The mother, after being discharged, had to stay in the hospital for at least more than one week. However, she left the hospital against the medical advice of the doctors.

There was a report; the couple later came forward claiming their twin. 

They could have changed their mind after the issue became a hot controversy in the U.K media. In India there have been many reports of killing baby girls even as a fetus.

Abandoned baby girls are a common sight in Indian cities. 

It was common in northern part; but now even in highly educated Kerala, the number of such infants have been increasing, according to social activists. Some doctors and hospital authorities have supported to this cruel act too. Diagnosing the sex of babies is in fact a criminal offence in India.  

Parents who do not want girls are ready to offer bribery to get diagnosed and aborted. The diagnostician, doctors, and the clinic authorities are equally guilty in such a case. Still there are many such cases. But now one must be anxious over the trend outside India. Is the entire world fed up with baby girls? Girls, the most wonderful creature of the universe symbolize the creative nature. Generally, women symbolize beauty and patience; stand for truth, sincerity and love. 

Girls are the one to maintain ancestry. They act as sister, wife, mother and grand mother. Psychology of this cruelty is not beyond comprehension. There are clear reasons for those who commit this act such as the belief in India that a son would be the bread winner of every family and that girl a burden upon their shoulders. 

The marriage of girls is said to be the main burden as far as parents are concerned. Is this attitude contracted to western countries or are Indians spreading this behavior? 

In modern world order, women are equal to men in all walks of life. In professional excellence, women have performed similar to men. As per the constitutional law there is no discrimination at all. Still there is a haunting question as to why at least some parents abandon girls?

External Links: Female Foeticide in India International Humanist and Ethical Union

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