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The information is traded in whispers over cappuccinos in the cafés of South Delhi and in the locker rooms of seaside gyms in Mumbai.
That doctor won't tell. But this one will. For a price.
And once you know, call this clinic – they will help with the “problem.”
In India, it has been illegal for 15 years to tell a pregnant woman the sex of her fetus – and to abort based on gender.
And ever since a national census in 2001 found that millions of girls were “missing,” the government has been throwing money at the problem. There are cash payments to parents when a girl is born, bursaries to send girls to school and a cheque on a daughter's 18th birthday.
These measures, launched under the slogan Save the Girl Child, aim to give parents an incentive to have daughters, and a cushion for what is perceived as the exponentially greater cost (a girl will almost certainly need a dowry, and will join her husband's family, taking her earnings and property with her).
There are some early...
That doctor won't tell. But this one will. For a price.
And once you know, call this clinic – they will help with the “problem.”
In India, it has been illegal for 15 years to tell a pregnant woman the sex of her fetus – and to abort based on gender.
And ever since a national census in 2001 found that millions of girls were “missing,” the government has been throwing money at the problem. There are cash payments to parents when a girl is born, bursaries to send girls to school and a cheque on a daughter's 18th birthday.
These measures, launched under the slogan Save the Girl Child, aim to give parents an incentive to have daughters, and a cushion for what is perceived as the exponentially greater cost (a girl will almost certainly need a dowry, and will join her husband's family, taking her earnings and property with her).
There are some early...