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Doctor fights female feticide by delivering baby girls for free
Saras.Care
07/08/2019
“It’s a girl.” The three words struck terror in Jaya Sable’s heart when she gave birth 10 years ago. That’s because her husband and his family badly wanted a boy. They didn’t even visit her in hospital. Instead, Jaya was punished when she came home for not bearing a son. Her husband and in-laws beat and harassed her for months. Finally, they attacked Jaya with acid, partially disfiguring her face. They even managed to have Jaya legally declared dead by procuring a fake death certificate.
If young --- men were protesting against foeticide as passionately as they protest interfaith marriages, that really would be a marker of progress for the --- community...
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Harpreet Kaur Grewal (writer and journalist)
(She was) threatened with a forced abortion if tests showed she was carrying a girl in a subsequent pregnancy...
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A victim
Her in-laws were complicit in the physical and verbal abuse as well, pressing for a male heir...
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