Mitu Khurana | |
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Died | India | March 19, 2020
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Pediatrician |
Known for | Activist against sex-selective abortion of females and taking legal action against ex-husband and family |
Family | Raeka Khurana (daughter), Riddhi Khurana (daughter), Kamlesh Khosla (mother), Dr. AC Khosla (father) |
Mitu Khurana was a pediatrician from Delhi, India.[1] She was an activist against female feticide in India. Her case became well known when she took legal action against her husband and his family on accusations of performing an ultrasound to reveal the sex of their children without her consent, pressuring her to abort their two daughters once sex was known, and domestic violence after she refused to consider sex-selective abortion.