A shocking figure from a rising superpower:
"More than 10m female births in India may have been lost to abortion and sex selection in the past 20 years, according to medical research.
"Researchers in India and Canada for the Lancet journal said prenatal selection and selective abortion was causing the loss of 500,000 girls a year."
Pickled Politics blog takes a look at the issue and concludes:
"Asian women have a long, long way to go in the fight for equality. What’s more upsetting is that the perpetrators of crimes against females are often female themselves. Society has managed to convince men and women that females are inferior."
"More than 10m female births in India may have been lost to abortion and sex selection in the past 20 years, according to medical research.
"Researchers in India and Canada for the Lancet journal said prenatal selection and selective abortion was causing the loss of 500,000 girls a year."
Pickled Politics blog takes a look at the issue and concludes:
"Asian women have a long, long way to go in the fight for equality. What’s more upsetting is that the perpetrators of crimes against females are often female themselves. Society has managed to convince men and women that females are inferior."
3 Comments:
Don't have the figures to hand, but I remember reading recently about horrific figures on discarded female babies and aborted babies.
FYI - China's problem is far worse. I think at present there are 117 boys being born for every 100 girls. 80% of all abortions are of female foetuses. It is currently illegal for a doctor to inform the parents of the sex of their child, and it is also illegal for a medical practitioner to perform a prenatal scan to determine the sex of the foetus.
Next you'll want to end honor killings. What is wrong with you people? Leave their cultures alone! Do you want them to fly a plane into one of your buildings, killing a few thousand?
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