Catholic World News News Feature
Sex-selection abortion causing wider gap in India's gender ratio October 12, 2007
Despite the anguish of India's government leaders over the declining proportion of female babies, a new study has found that the lopsided sex ratio is becoming still more pronounced. The National Family Health Survey report released on October 11 showed that the sex there are only 918 girls for every 1,000 boys among Indian children below the age of 6. The 2001 census showed 927 girls for 1,000 boys in that category.
The skewed gender ratio, which was originally most evident in India's cities, has now emerged in rural areas as well. In rural regions the latest statistics showed 921 girls for every 1,000 boys, as compared with 934 in 2001.
The census data from the countryside confirm suspicions that have been roused by the discovery of the remains of unborn girls in dumps in small towns and villages. India's federal government now acknowledges that more than 10 million girls are "missing" because of the illegal but still widespread practice of sex-selection abortion.
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