Two-Child norm going against Child-Sex Ratio!!!

Could you ever fathom that the 'two-child norm' could ever have anything to do with the CSR (child sex ratio)?

Atleast I couldn't and neither could the Women's Organisations and the Health Forums who were the ones to suggest for the norm in the first place. But when looked at it at a microscopic level the relation becomes quite evident.

Men or women who were found violating the two-child norm were disqualified from holding a public post in the State and were not even provided with the right to contest an election, not that because they crossed the limits of reasonablity, but it was done in the best interests of the Nation. This led things to such a pathetic level that men started registering their child in the name of their brothers, polyandry became prevalent and in some cases men also dumped their wives just to retain their post under the Govt. These incidents did go against the well-being of the society but they were yet overlooked just for the sake of the Nation's future.

But recent studies have shown that there is a very strong possibility that the country's population was being stabilized at the cost of female lives. People in the want of a male child commit female foeticides just to ensure that they do not violate the two-child norm. So ulitimately it is the female population that is being harmed in the name of 'Population Control'.

This has been realized quite recently and measures are being taken to do away with the two-child norm altogether. Quite ironically it is the Women's Organisations once again who are desperately trying to redo their self-imposed norm. It was the recognition of this link between the one-child policy and the decreasing CSR that compelled the Chinese Govt to abandon the one-child per family norm.

All seems to be fine on the surface, a mistake trying to be rectified. But what about the booming population now? You can no more impose rules on the public on ethical grounds. So finally the decsion is vested upon us. It is us who should have the right judgement of taking the right decision without hard-and-fast rules being imposed upon. If the Govt. can be caring enough to see to it that the Nation's interests are not overriding the Public sentiments. It becomes our moral responsibility to give the country's future a fair bargain.