Konke umfazi okhulelwe wazi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi ukuphela kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ukukhulelwa kuvame ukuba khona ukukwazi ukuzala ingane yakhe, lesi sigaba sokugcina senqubo sibizwa ngokuthi India. Kuleli, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zasemakhaya, kujwayelekile ukubona abesifazane besezinhlungwini zokubeletha, behamba ngemuva kwamaloli baze bafike ezikhungweni zezempilo. Yebo, kukhona nezinga eliphezulu labesifazane abakhetha ukugwema uhambo lomgwaqo futhi bazalele emakhaya, noma ngabe izimo zenhlanzeko zingezona ezingcono kakhulu, yingakho ukufa kwezinsana kanye nabesifazane abakhulelwe kuphezulu impela. Akungabazeki ukuthi umehluko phakathi kwezigaba zenhlalo ubuye ubonakale ngesikhathi sokubeletha, kuyilapho abesifazane abampofu bezwa ubuhlungu obukhulu futhi bengenakho ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, isigaba esiphakathi nesiphezulu somphakathi wamaHindu sisebenzisa izinkulungwane zamarandi ezikhungweni ezizimele ukukhanyisa.
Ngokwezifundo zeNhlangano Yezizwe, oyedwa kwabesifazane abangama-55 abangamaHindu unenqwaba izingozi zokufa ngesikhathi sokubeletha, ngenxa yezinkinga ezinjengokwehla kwegazi ngokweqile, ukutheleleka, umfutho wegazi ophakeme ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa, izithiyo ekubelethweni nasekukhishweni kwezisu okungaphephile.
Namuhla, ngenxa yale nkinga enkulu, uhlelo lukahulumeni olwaziwa ngeChild Survival and Safe Motherhood belusebenza eNdiya.