Abortion & gender determination.
Question
Dear Dhananjay,
India,China & a few other asian countries have witnessed a genocide level of infanticide of the female gender.Asians mostly have a predisposition towards a male offspring.As of 2011 60 million women are reportedly missing in india in purview of a balanced sex ratio.The future looks grim as no govt. effort is working.
I have 2 questions as below:
1)Is abortion for reasons like gender selection/handicap/deformed foetuses a crime as per vedas/shashtras/dharma.
2)Why such a fate has befallen women in asian countries.Is this nature's way of putting a barricade to the exponentially rising human population.
I ask these questions on this forum as I believe without a balance of purush & prakriti in society many individuals in future will have lopsided personalities & thereby won't be able to reach a state of brahmacharya.
Answer
1. Aborting a fetus is incorrect action, which results in accrual of much negative karma.
2. The why and how of things is a matter concerning this world dream, based on the past karma of individuals.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)