India baby girl deaths 'increase'

More Girls Condemned

In addition to China and the Arabian countries, India's parents are aborting female babies or simply neglecting them so that they die.

"The number of girls born and surviving in India has hit an all time low compared to boys, ActionAid says.

A report by the UK charity says increasing numbers of female foetuses were being aborted and baby girls deliberately neglected and left to die.

In one site in the Punjab state, there are just 300 girls to every 1,000 boys among higher caste families, it says.

ActionAid says India faces a "bleak" future if it does not end its practice of cultural preference for boys."

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