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Annonymous - London
I think it is disguisting that people still continue this practice in this day and age. I became an aunty last week to a gorgeous neice. My family celebrated with giving sweets to ALL family and friends. Even if the ones back home in Pakistan couldn't say congratulations to my family.Girls are equal to boys.

Misbah, Birmingham
I think aborting because your child is a girl is absolutely wrong. If god gives you a girl then there must be a reason for that, god will provide for her. I despise anyone who would do such a thing. Women are a natural resource, if we dont have daughters who will produce the men to come!!!!!!

SHAKIRA KHAN, LONDON
I THINK ITS ABSOLUTELY DISCUSTING THAT WOMEN ARE GETTING ABORTONS JUST BECAUSE THIER EXPECTING A GIRL.WHO CARES IF ITS A GIRL OR A BOY.YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH WAT U GET GIVEN,SOME PPL IN THE WORLD CANT EVEN HAVE CHILDREN.CHILDREN ARE A GIFT FROM GOD,IMAGINE HOW GOD WILL FEEL IF U ARE KILLING SOMTHING GAVE TO U AS A GIFT. THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY NOT THE MEDEVIL PERIOD.I AM DISGRACED WITH MY FELLOW ASIANS HU R HAVING ABORTIONS, AND ALSO WITH THOSE HU R PRESSURING THIER WIVE,DAUGHTER IN LAW TO HAVE A SON.PEACE OUT

Dr Moyzur of Walsall
it is very, very sad, such activity still taking place. what a loss to humanity.

Catherine from Wales
The termination of baby girls is a sad sign that we are all not as enlightened as we would sometimes like to think. When will these people see sense? WHY are boys so much better than girls?? It is basic common sense that the sexes are equally important- takes two to have a baby, don't you know. Sorry boys, know you'd love to do it all by yourselves and all that, but quite frankly if men had to go through the pain of birth the human race would die out. For PITY'S SAKE GET OVER YOURSELVES AND GROW UP

Bally Birmingham
Sex selection is a step backwards, not forwards. Being female is not a defect that needs correction. A healthy female child is a perfectly formed human being, there is nothing missing on female body.... Females and males are biologically very, very similar not completely different as Indians think. People who want boys over girls need a biology lesson.

Rita - London
Do people ever question that if female foetus are aborted, then there will be a shortage of females in years to come. Who will their sons marry?Surely the area to focus upon is to examine why females are perceived in a negative light by them? If it is the culture, then they have the power to reject such a culture or effect a change. I think to abort female foetus is a dangerous and irresponsible thing to so with dire consequences in the future...

dr sajid worcester uk
Why doesnt the asian network call a spade a spade and refer to the british asian ladies as hindus. Surely my experience has shown that it is the british hindus who perpetrate such crimes

S from Canada..
You know what - it's sad that stuff like that still happens. Aborting a child because of it's sex, is not only an Asian thing, but also happens in China. To be quite honest, I think things like that (that get media play) make the Asian community look bad. People need to know it's not some sort of epidemic - but rather it's those with old fashion views - those from people who have not joined the rest of the world into the 21st century, and those who do not realize that it shouldn't matter what the sex of ur baby is, rather that it is healthy and happy.

D, London
i find it disgusting. having children (male or female) is a priviledge not a right. those who abort of the basis of gender dont deserve to have children.

Seb from London
My god I can't believe it!! This is horrible, come on we're not living in middle age.And what if your daughter grows up into a beautiful asian type super model or becomes a great dancer or succesful bollywood actress?, or if on the contrary you little boy fails at school... think about it.There's absolutely no logic in choosing sex before your child's birth. Let mother nature do its job and teach peace and good moral to the kids as they are.

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i have a sister and her in laws wanted her first child to be son and that was very disturbibg for her and at the same time i was pregnant with a son so because my sister was told its a girl she was realy afraid instead me and my sister swaped our kids

A Sikh.
If anything, girls are more valuable. Any women knows that a female is born with a finite number of eggs. Thus, from a purely logical point of view, women are a scarse resourse! Both male and female are necessary for human existance. We, in the UK, should start modifying our traditions, and celebrating with sweets the birth of a girl as well.

Maurice Doe, Bristol
I have read the article about 'Meena' on the BBC International News website and would like to comment.In dealing with her difficulty has Meena not considered the question of family size? She has three daughters and if each of them has children then, in her own lifetime, the population growth attributable to Meena may be substantial.During my lifetime the World's population has doubled and modern lifestyle has extended to more parts of the World leading to increased pressure upon its natural resources and environment. Whether Meena’s children are boys or girls there is a risk that the quality of their lives may be impaired by overcrowding and by local or international competition between human beings for resources and services.After three children would it not be appropriate for all mothers to value quality of life above 'quantity' of life?There is a saying “prevention is better than cure” and in Meena’s case settling upon a family of three children would enable her to avoid the worry and stress of considering abortion, not to mention, undergoing it.

Suzy Sira, London
Isn't all abortion 'foeticide'? What makes the abortion of millions of foetuses in Britain simply 'abortion', and this 'foeticide'?

Ash England
I do not agree with abortion therefore condemn equally whether the reason is because the fetus is female or the 200,000 plus abortions in this country because the woman makes that choice however in the first case abortion could be avoided if sex selection was legal in the UK, the medical procedure for such a intervention exists and I consider it morally acceptable .

sushma,u.s.a
Its a sad thing but its happening everywhere even I had three abortions because my husband didn't wanted those babies...