India Woman Dies Following Botched Sex-Selection Abortion
A woman in India has died following a botched legal abortion and now the husband and wife doctor team who run the medical clinic where she obtained the abortion face criminal charges. Ref. Source 3
India: Father Kills Girl Baby; Body Had Bite Marks, Cigarette Burns
In a brutal infanticide case in India, a father killed a three-month-old baby girl because he was upset his wife did not give birth to the son he preferred.
Indian cultural values show preference to boys over girls and, as was the case in this incident, the father was upset his wife did not give birth to a male heir and, instead, had a girl baby for whom he would have had to have shelled out $1,800 dollars for a wedding. Ref. Source 3
India Girls Victimized by Sex-Selection Abortions Have New Hope
Increasingly we are learning about the deep-seeded prejudice against girls in some Asian countries. With an estimated 163 million women in Asia "missing" due to sex-selective abortion, which is equivalent to the entire female population of the United States, the lives of Asian women are getting worse not better. Ref. Source 1
India Cracks Down on Forced Abortions as Gender Ratio Worsens
India is putting a new law in place that could jail families who force women to abort a female baby. The new law comes as a report indicates the gender ratio in the nation is worsening, thanks to sex-selection abortions and infanticide. Ref. Source 2
Sanitation Shortage Hurts Health Education of Indias Girls and Women
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NEW DELHI, INDIA Each dawn brings the same battle for Sangeeta Devi. The simple act of defecation takes tactful planning for the 30-year-old. For Devi, a local community worker, its a matter of life ...
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Gendercide: One Woman Dies Every Hour in India Over Dowry Disputes
India is one of the worst nations in the word for sex-selection abortions, infanticide and gendercide - the specific targeting of girl babies and unborn children specifically because they are females.
A new report shows just had bad this cultural preference for sons is in this Asian nation: one woman dies every hour in India over dowry disputes, despite the fact that Indian law prohibits the centuries-old custom of giving or receiving dowries. Ref. Source 4
India Gender Crisis: Mortality Rate for Girls 75% Higher Than Boys
On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, part of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, considered the issue of India's missing girls. Ref. Source 8
Volunteers in India Go Undercover to Stop Illegal Sex-Selection Abortions
In 1994, a federal law called the Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique Act, was passed in India to ban sex-selective abortions. Due to the terminations of an alarming number of baby girls, the ratio in India has dropped to 888 women for every 1000 men. Ref. Source 9