India’s 2011 census shows a serious decline in the number of girls under the age of seven – activists fear eight million female foetuses may have been aborted in the past decade. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi explores what has led to this crisis.
Kulwant has three daughters aged 24, 23 and 20 and a son who is 16.
In the years between the birth of her third daughter and her son, Kulwant became pregnant three times.
Abortion is the silent genocide of secularism. Deplorable.
Those who think the boys will be worth more than girls are going to have a surprise when their sons grow up and have to compete with a large number of men for fewer available women. They will not be able to carry forward the family lineage if they cannot find a wife. It might end up that the men start paying a dowry for the women.
JustOneVoice – good point.
This is what happens when a society tolerates abortion, and there are always unforeseen consequences.