foeticide
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- foeticidal adjective
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Campaigners say a traditional preference for sons has meant millions of female children are lost to foeticide and infanticide over the years.
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This anti-girl bias, coupled with the easy availability of pre-natal sex screening from the 1970s, has seen tens of millions of female foetuses aborted - a process known as female foeticide.
From BBC
He does agree that female foeticide has been declining in Punjab and Haryana - where a majority of Sikhs live - over the years.
From BBC
Abortions have been legal in India since 1971, although with conditions, especially to curb female foeticide in a country with an overwhelming preference for sons.
From BBC
In the decade of 1990s when Priya was born, female foeticide was rampant in the district.
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