Sex-selective abortion

Indian Police Arrest Father of Baby Girl Buried Alive

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Indian police said Wednesday they have arrested a man on suspicion of burying his newborn daughter alive because he wanted a boy. Local villagers rescued the baby over the weekend after spotting her feet sticking up from a shallow sand pit in farmland in the Jajpur district of the eastern state of Odisha. The 35-year-old … Read more

China Arrests Over Illegal Network Determining Baby Gender

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Police in China have detained 75 people in connection with a widespread network that illegally determined the gender of unborn babies. The illegal service – aimed at expectant parents wanting male children – smuggled fetal blood samples to Hong Kong for gender testing, officials say. It operated across much of China and brought in $30m … Read more