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1 in 4 girls
1 in every 4 girls born in India will not make it past puberty.
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How many little girls in India will not make it past puberty?
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In India, there is a strong cultural preference for male children. While India has no government organization limiting the number of children a family can have, the fact that daughters require a sizable financial dowry in order to marry means that they are seen as a drain on a family's wealth. As a result, UNICEF estimates that about five million female fetuses are aborted every year and girls under the age of five have 75% higher mortality rates than young boys.
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The girl child is the most amazing of all God's creations! Without a woman's womb none of us would exist. That is where life originates from... Anyway, I think the practice of changing the woman's surname post marriage should be given up. If a woman is allowed to carry on the legacy of her father that would make a difference. There would be lesser imputes for female infanticide, I think.
But when we marry, we become one in the sight of God! ~I have been proud to take my husbands name, it doesn't demean me or cause me to lose my identity. I KNOW who I am.
Dorrien Dexter Me thinks you have missed 'da point!
Every child have a right to live.Noone can give life, so it should not be taken awaysimply because of economy gain, nor selfishness.For CHRIST sake free the children and let them live.The devil is doing everything to destroy GOD'S people. WEare destroying some of our best leaders.Comeon INDIA..get civilize.
How sad.
This is a terrible crime!
All girls and women deserve to be valued... this is so so unbelievable that half of the planet are undervalued and disposable. This WILL end as women rise and help save mankind and the planet.
Heartbreaking.
I have a great book about kids in India.. so sad.. Just don't understand why God put us here and them there...
this is so tragically and morally wrong.
Criminosos...
unbelievable these things still happen in 2012.
men seem to forget its women who carry the children for 9 months n give birth to them, sometimes in a tramatic way...let them try it n have the child killed just because its a girl, they wouldn't like it, see how the idiots feel then...we are all born for a reason n its not to be murdered at the hands of men.
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