Sex-Selective Abortion in India

Download or read book Sex-Selective Abortion in India written by Tulsi Patel and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume raises the emotive issue of millions of girls in India who fail to appear on the social scene, not figuratively, but in real demographic terms. The contributors to this volume, all distinguished demographers and/or social scientists, describe the political economy of sentiments and sexual mores that lead parents to kill unborn daughters. In doing so, they ably unravel the values, principles, and practices behind the depleting child sex ratio in India.