Where a baby girl is a mother's awful shame | World news | The Observer - 0 views
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India has banned pre-natal scanning to determine the sex of a baby and made aborting a child as a result of such a scan punishable with five years in prison. Poster campaigns urge Indians to 'save the girl child'.
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In the state of Punjab, only 798 girls were born for every 1,000 boys.