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Friday, November 25, 2005

Mother India Calls on Holy Mother Church to Help Stop the Slaughter of Her Daughters
"The Indian government has publicly asked the Church for assistance in preventing abortions and reducing their number:" In India, Celebrations Are Back for the Birth of Girls: This, anyway, is the joint proposal of the government and the Church. But the reality is the opposite. Infanticide and selective abortion have eliminated 60 million women.

From the article:
    Everywhere in the world, the natural average for conception is 103-107 females for every 100 males. But when you go to count the births, there are significantly fewer girls in India.

    In 1981, there were 962 girls for every 1000 boys, under the age of 6. In 1991, there were 945. And in 2001, the year of the most recent census, there were 927.

    If you then look at where the decline has been the steepest, you find that the lowest ratio of girls is found in what are relatively the more affluent cities and states: Haryana, Gujarat, and Punjab. In these places, there is an average of 800 girls for every 1000 boys.

    In the capital, Delhi, there are 821 girls for every 1000 boys, under the age of 6. But the figures change dramatically if you separate them by religion. Among the Christians, the figure for girls is 988; among the Jains, 935; among the Sikhs, 829; among the Hindus, 817; and among the Muslims, 782.

    For India as a whole, among the Christians there are 964 girls for every 1000 boys; among the Muslims, 950; among the Buddhists, 942; among the Hindus, 925; among the Jains, 870; and among the Sikhs, 786.