India's 'girl deficit' deepest among educated

Selective-sex abortion claims 500,000 girls a year
from the January 13, 2006 edition
By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

NEW DELHI -

Banned by Indian law for more than a decade, the practice of prenatal selection and selective abortion remains a common practice in India, claiming up to half a million female children each year, according to a recent study by the British medical journal, The Lancet....
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