Gender-selective abortion? No girls born in 3 months across 132 Indian villages

Gender-selective abortion? No girls born in 3 months across 132 Indian villages

Published time: 23 Jul, 2019

A probe into sex-selective abortions has been kicked off in northern India, after government data revealed that of the 216 children born across 132 villages in the past three months, not a single one was female.

Local authorities in Uttarakhand state fear that villagers around the town of Uttarkashi are selectively aborting babies in an attempt to avoid having girls. Though female feticide has been explicitly banned in India since 1994, the practice still continues in rural areas, where girls are often considered a financial liability for families.

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