Feticide means 7,000 fewer girls a day in India
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061212/hl_nm/india_foeticide_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061212/2006_12_12t083619_450x333_us_india_foeticide.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=MxCnMPMmv914aPv_pbOy_A--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A girl at Rangrooti Khera village in the northern Indian state of Haryana, September 5, 2006. Out of 71,000 children born every day in India, just 31,000 are girls -- giving a sex ratio of 882 girls to 1,000 boys. (Ajay Verma/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Seven thousand fewer girls are born
in India each day than the global average would suggest,
largely because female fetuses are aborted after sex
determination tests, the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>