Indian gender gap growing as more females are aborted

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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