I fully agree that in spite of constitutional provisions and right to equality for women and men we notice, read and see discrimination against women even before they are born. We can discuss the truthness and correctness of the statement in the following paragraph/ (or paragraphs:

(i) Though the Constitution of India has conferred equal rights upon women and men and has specifically prohibited any form of discrimination based on sex, many female infants do not even have the chance to be born? Every year thousands and thousands of female infants are killed while they are still in the mother's womb. By using medical tests such as scanning it is possible to detect the sex of the unborn foetus. With the help of doctors and para-medical staff, some parents resort to the inhuman practice of aborting female foetuses. The killing of female foetuses is known as female foeticide.

(ii) It is true that the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act was introduced in the year 1971, in India and as per its provisions; abortion was permitted under medically approved conditions. However this Act definitely did not give the freedom to misuse its provisions to abort only female foetuses. To begin with, facilities to identify the sex of the unborn child were available only in big hospitals in cities, such as Delhi or Chandigarh, but over a period of time. Sex Determination Clinics were opened in different parts of the country.

(iii) A television feature on female foeticide revealed that in Maharashtra there were villages without drinking water, but facilities for conducting sex determination tests and abouting female foetuses were available. Often, the tests were conducted under the most unhealthy and unhygienic conditions and yet, parents and families went ahead and got rid of their unborn daughters.