Tinotenda MuchenjeBrandordFinal Document5/23/14Female Infanticide in IndiaQ: What do you get when you combine inadequate government control, gender bias, and the oleander plant? A: Dead newborn babies. The oleander plant bears a bright, congenial and vibrant flower, but it also produces a milky sap which, if ingested, can be a rather pernicious toxin. It is one of the many methods that families in India use to free themselves from the social and economic burden that comes with the birth of a girl. However, the killing of women solely on the basis of sex is not an uncommon phenomenon. Female Infanticide: The systematic murder of female infants can be seen evident in both indigenous and sophisticated cultures around the world. Be that as it may, the most brutal form of killing of women occurs regularly in India, even before they have the opportunity to be born. This practice can be recognized as feticide, or the selective abortion of female fetuses. In addition to the clever arrangements made to get rid of baby girls soon after birth, contempt and bigotry leading to death and sex-selective abortion are other ways in which many baby girls die every year. These circumstances are prevalent in patriarchal social orders where women are devalued and the predilection for boys is incorporated into social ideologies of development. India is experiencing female genocide. The main reason this event does not spark or command global attention is because it is achieved through abortion instead of killing females after birth. In India, abortion itself is a completely legal procedure and the latitudinarian and average paper ratio among women tended to have a higher literacy rate. Unfortunately, if the government takes no more action, a population collapse is possible. With a lower percentage of women, men will start competing for women leading to acts of violence and those who remain unmarried may be driven to suicidal tendencies. Over time, newer technologies will be developed that will reveal ever more detailed information about the fetus that may actually be the most serious death of the newborn. Due to future technological advancements, it is a moral obligation to end the injustices of silenced women's genocide in India. To do this, the government must implement laws that not only respect the traditional values ​​of Indians but also solve their economic and financial problems to end prejudice against boys..