Made for Witness, Al Jazeera and broadcast the week of 9th September 2013. Shot and directed by Hazel Chandler. Dr Mitu Khurana takes legal action in India to fight for the right of her daughters, to live. In India, gender testing is illegal under the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act of 1994. Yet an estimated half-a-million female foetuses are terminated each year, creating a 'missing generation' of women and growing concerns about the negative impact this has on Indian society.

Dr Mitu Khurana is making legal history, by taking her husband and the hospital to court for illegally procuring a gender test during her pregnancy and subsequently pressuring her to have the pregnancy terminated.

"When the doctor said I was carrying twins I was very happy. But the moment we entered into his house my in-laws were mourning and they said we can't bring up two girls," Mitu remembers.
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