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Selective abortion leaves India with 63 million women ‘missing’
Five children make their way to school on the outskirts of Gauhati, India
WIDESPREAD selective abortion of girls has left India “missing” 63 million women, government officials said yesterday.
India’s annual economic survey reported that, in addition to outright femicide, boys were often better fed and received better healthcare.
Officials also said that “families where a son is born are more likely to stop having children than families where a girl is born.”
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