Saturday, September 12, 2009

Choosing Male Children in India

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/land-of-the-rising-son/article1285122/

Land of the rising son

A girl amongst the audience looks on during an event against female feticide organized by Delhi Commission for Women, in New Delhi, India.

Globe and Mail correspondent Stephanie Nolen examines India's very public battle to halt the shocking decline in the number of girls being born. Technology has made it easy for mothers to choose the gender of their babies. But why, she asks, is the obsession with boys most pronounced among those who are well off?

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