Let them be

Sob certas circunstâncias, até eu acho que o aborto é pecado:

“India to pay poor families to bring up girls

The Indian government today announced a scheme to pay poor families to give birth to and bring up girls in an attempt to stop families nationwide aborting an estimated half a million female foetuses a year.Families in seven states are set to benefit from cash payments amounting to 15,500 rupees (£193) to keep and bring up their female children.

Ministers say more than 100,000 girls could be saved in the first year. In India ultrasound technology coupled with a traditional preference for boys, who are seen as future breadwinners, has led to mass female foeticide.

According to a study in the British medical journal, the Lancet, 10 million female foetuses may have been aborted in India over the last 20 years following illegal sex determination tests.

The government has been alarmed by the country’s increasingly skewed gender ratio and hopes the promise of money will change people’s behaviour. As an extra incentive, girls who reach 18 will get another 100,000 rupees (£1,200) provided they have completed their school education and are not married.“