Selective abortion in India could lead to 6.8m fewer girls being born by 2030

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BurningBright · 21/08/2020 12:36

Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/aug/21/selective-abortion-in-india-could-lead-to-68m-fewer-girls-being-born-by-2030

There are already an estimated 1.2 to 1.5 million missing female births worldwide each year because of selective abortion.

Amazing how everyone seems to know the difference between boys and girls when it comes to aborting female foetuses. And long before they get 'assigned female at birth'.

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Siablue · 21/08/2020 13:00

So horrible. This will only stop when girls are valued equally. If you make it harder to have sex selective abortions then the girls will be at risk once they are here.

Alexandernevermind · 21/08/2020 12:42

It's a horrible, horrible situation with no easy solution.

ISaySteadyOn · 21/08/2020 12:40

So what could be a practical solution I wonder? How does one persuade people of the inherent worth of women and girls? Not that persuasion should be needed of course but it is nevertheless.

DryHeave · 21/08/2020 12:38

China has the same male:female ratio as India. (1.11). World average is 1.05. With a billion+ people in each country, that’s a lot of missing females.

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