Source: BBC News
A strong socio-cultural preference for boys in conservative Asian societies is blamed for most of the sex selection. In overwhelmingly patriarchal India, dowry makes daughters expensive. China’s one-child policy is thought to be a trigger as women abort girls to have a single boy.
Amniocentesis tests and ultrasound scans have led to more than 160 million girls being aborted in Asia alone since then, according to one widely quoted 2005 estimate.
Categories: India, Women Rights
Is there any possibility of conceptual change amongst dwellers of subcontinent in foreseeable future? To me looks very gloomy picture.
A recent article published in The Hindu “Turning baby girls into boys? The scoop that wasn’t” indicates far more frightening situation. The link to the article is here:
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2259991.ece
“indicates far more frightening situation” further sports the fears mentioned in earlier comments.