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The story says that over 10 MILLION baby girls have been murdered in the last 20 yearsA TWO-DAY-OLD baby girl was found alive in a grave in southern India after she had been buried by her grandfather who did not want to bear the cost of bringing up a girl, authorities said.
Female infanticide and foeticide, though illegal in India, are still frequent in some rural areas as boys are traditionally preferred to girls as breadwinners, and families have to pay huge dowries to marry off their daughters.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22026983-23109,00.html
Female infanticide and foeticide, though illegal in India, are still frequent in some rural areas as boys are traditionally preferred to girls as breadwinners, and families have to pay huge dowries to marry off their daughters.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22026983-23109,00.html