Save Our Girls: The Prevention of Female Foeticide in the Asian Community

An Oxford University study by Dubuc has found that an increasing number of Indian women in the UK are aborting their female foetuses, in order to have more boys. Research has found that over 1500 girls have ‘gone missing’ from birth statistics in England and Wales since the 1990s. The research concl...

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Main Author: Singh, K. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center 2014
In: Journal of religion and violence
Year: 2014, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 433-446
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