Technology, tradition combine in Asia 'gendercide'

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 23:46 EDT - France24.com - Business

While having a scan, a pregnant woman in India is not allowed to learn the gender of her unborn child. But her bill might be presented in a file coloured blue or pink -- and the meaning is clear.The method of skirting around the law is one of many reasons why 85 million women are described as "missing" from the populations of India and China, where the abortion of female foetuses, infanticide and the death of girls through neglect is all too common.

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