Selective abortion of female foetuses accounts for two to four per cent of female pregnancies in India, roughly 300,000 to 600,000 per year out of 13.3 to 13.7 million carrying a girl in 2010, the study found.
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From 2001 to 2011, the practice increased at a rate of 170 per cent, slowing from 260 per cent over the previous decade.
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