Infanticide

Infanticide:
     
           Infanticide is a direct act that goes against the Right to Life of a children.  Although this has been very common in the past, today we can see many cases of infanticide, especially against girls (female infanticide).  In the past, and in many communities, this was a widespread practice that was sanctioned by different cultures around the world.  Nowadays, this is considered an unethical crime; However, it is still done. 
               

            
Causes:

• Control of Population:   

          In many communities, especially in the past, infanticide was routinely used as a way to control people.  Therefore, this particularly affected girls because having fewer women meant fewer reproductions (fewer children). 

• Unwanted pregnancies:

          Unwanted pregnancies are the most common cause of infanticide nowadays.  This may be due to the lack of adequate resources for women or families to look after their children and in many parts of the world that do not have access to modern forms of birth control or medical abortion. 

               

Female Infanticide:

           

               It is the most common form of infanticide nowadays and in the past.  This practice is important because in some cultures, men are considered more socially valuable than women.  Also, female infanticide is sometimes associated with population control. 

               If a baby is known to be a woman, many parents would prefer to have an abortion before they are born. 

                   This practice is directly against the right to life due to gender bias, which specifically violates women's rights.  Female Infanticide and abortion have caused great disparities in sex in some regions.  In 2007, the United Nations announced that it had not.  The report estimates that about 100 millions women are missing worldwide, of whom 80 million are in China and India.  In the future, this could lead to an increase in female trafficking or force women to marry more than one man. 

Real Incident of Female Infanticide:

(published in Indo-Asian News Service

         On December 19, 2018.) 

Newborn Girl's Body Found in Pond in Bengal, Family Members Arrested. 

               After a missing report was filed by a neighbour of the family residing in Sophiabad, police launched a search and found the body on Tuesday. 

               The family members of a newborn girl in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district have been arrested after her body was recovered from a nearby pond, police said on Wednesday.

                  
                   "The father, mother, grandmother and grandfather of the child have been arrested as we are certain of their involvement.  This was their second girl child, " police said. 

                      An autopsy report is awaited to ascertain the exact cause of death.