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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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