So sad…
“While most of India’s religions condemn discrimination against women, there are a few temples in the state of Punjab that promise to help bring fewer women into existence. At the Bir Baba Mandir in Amritsar, couples eat flatbread and onions to ensure a boy child.
As a researcher for 20 years on female feticide, conducting field research in the highly educated state of Tamil Nadu, Sabu George says he has some qualms about The Lancet study. In particular, he feels that taking the figures from one year and projecting them backward 20 years just doesn’t square with the facts on the ground.
But while he believes The Lancet study may have exaggerated the number of female abortions in the past 20 years, it also might underestimate the exponential growth of female feticide into the futures.
“This is a much larger problem in the future,” he says. “Without strong pressure by civil society groups, we’ll be seeing 1 million female feticides every year within five years time, definitely.”
Jenny Hatch