pledge that I will not do anything to determine the sex of a child to be born, and never consent to eliminate her on the basis of such knowledge.

I, record my protest against people who illegally seek and medical professionals who illegally help deliver this knowledge, which is often used to eliminate a female foetus and so results in far fewer girls in society than ordained by nature."

By signing the pledge, you have joined the fight against sex selection, which is drastically bringing down the girl-boy ratio in the country. India has 927 girls per 1000 boys in the age group of 0-6 years. This is largely because many couples illegally opt for sex determination tests and then eliminate the foetus if it is a female. Such discrimination against girls yet to be born is a crime. Each one of us should take this as a personal challenge, and stand up to fight for the right of the girl to be born.