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Ten Million Girls Aborted in India
2nd Feb 06


Ten Million Girls Aborted in India

A study published in The Lancet, a British medical journal, has warned that gender abortion in India over the past 20 years has resulted in the deaths of 10 million baby girls.

The figure is revealed by a survey of more than a million homes that found that selective abortion accounted for 500,000 missing girls each year. The practice of gender abortion is widely used by middle-class families in India, determined to ensure they have male heirs. The number of girls being born in India continues to fall while the gender imbalance of males and females increases. The Independent. January 9. CLICK TO READ MORE.....

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UNICEF Pro-Abortion Policies under Scrutiny
13th Sep 05


According to Dick Hogan of the Irish Family, groups with a major international image, like UNFPA and UNICEF “greatly dislike being associated with the pro-abortion lobby”. However, he said, while the UNFPA has been associated with pro-abortion policies for some years, UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, which does so much work for deprived children, “has also supported pro-abortion policies in...

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