I just wanted to raise awareness of an issue which continues to outrage and disgust me. I'm not sure how prevalent it is in other countries around the world but in India it seems to be on the increase.
Female infanticide is not a new phenomena but modern technology in the way of ultrasound scans has opened up a whole new way in which to abort female foetuses without the bother of giving birth and burying a baby when it is found to be a girl.
When I last went to India about 8 years ago I was intrigued by the number of ultrasound and gynae clinics that had opened in Delhi. Billboards showed happy couples holding a baby and a list of ailments and issues that could be investigated from infertility to 'sex problems'. I had heard of how many of these clinics were offering scans to find out the sex of babies but had not realised that many women ended up aborting their female babies.
According to this recent article in the Guardian up to 6 million female foetuses have been aborted in India over the last decade!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/24/india-families-aborting-girl-babies
Please have a look at this website and support their work and if possible raise awareness of this horrendous and disgusting practice.
http://50millionmissing.wordpress.com/
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