India Tries to Stop Sex-Selective Abortions
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 15, 2007

NEW DELHI, July 14 (AP) — Indian women would be required to register their pregnancies and seek government permission for abortions under a proposal intended to curb abortions of female fetuses in the country, where boys are traditionally preferred.

“This will help to check both feticide and infant mortality,” said Renuka Chowdhury, India’s minister for women and child development. “With this, mysterious abortions will become difficult.”

An editorial in The Times of India on Saturday derided the proposal as “ridiculous,” saying that fetal gender screening is already a criminal offense that is not strictly enforced. the rest