Sex-Selective Abortion

Sex-selective abortion is the termination of a pregnancy chosen specifically because of the predicted sex of the fetus, overwhelmingly practiced against female fetuses. First documented in 1975, it became widespread by the late 1980s in South Korea, Taiwan and China, and afterward in India, wherever access to ultrasound technology combined with a strong cultural preference for sons. Human rights organizations treat the practice as a form of violence against women, and researchers estimate it has contributed, together with other forms of sex discrimination, to over 100 million missing women worldwide, with China and India together accounting for roughly 22.5 million of that total. In India alone an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 female fetuses are aborted each year for reasons of sex selection. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/