인도 북부 판잡주의 경찰이 성별감식으로 낙태시술을 하는 부부의사를 체포하였다.
 프리참 싱 의사와 그 부인인 아마르 지트 카우트 여의사는 초음파 판독을 악용하여 태아의 성별을 알아내고 낙태하는 것을 판독병원의 직원들이 경찰에 제보하여 체포하게 된 것이라고 한다.
 이러한 낙태가 광범하게 행해 져서 어느 지역에서는 1000명 남자아이에 대비하연 여자아이가 800명의 비율을 보이고 있다
 아들을 선호하는 힌두전통이 있는데, 아들을 낳아 그 아들이 장례식을 해주지 않으면 아버지가 내세구원을 받지 못한다고 한다. (8. 10. 가톨릭세계뉴스)
 
 INDIA: DOCTORS ARRESTED IN SEX-SELECTION ABORTION SCHEME
 
 Aug. 10 (CWNews.com) - Police in India's northern Punjab state have arrested a husband-and-wife medical team for performing illegal sex-selection abortions.
 
  The arrests of Dr. Pritam Singh and his wife Dr. Amarjit Kaur came after staff members at their Ultrasound Scanning clinic informed police that the couple was performing abortions for couples who learned that their unborn child was female. After the arrests, police recovered the remains of more than 50 unborn female children in a pit dug in the yard behind the clinic.
 
 Indian law bans sex-determination tests: a ban that was put in place after census figures showed that a startling disproportion of babies were male.
 
  However, many doctors continue not only to tell parents the gender of thefetus, but also perform abortions if the parents are unhappy-- ordinarily, when they learn the child will be a girl.
 
  Access to legal abortion is unrestricted in India. The illegal but still thriving business in sex-determination explains why in many partsof northern India, the ratio of male-to-female babies born remains seriously distorted.
 
 Some regions show only 800 girls born for every 1,000 boys. Due to a widespread preference for sons-- rooted in social prejudices and religious traditions as well as the burdensome dowries demanded of parents when their daughters marry-- the demand for sex-selection abortions remains high.
 
 According to Hindu tradition, a father cannot attain moksha (salvation) unless he had a son to perform his last rites. This religious sanction is reinforced today by heavy pressures to limit families to no more than 2 children.