New Delhi: A new study published in medical journal Lancet has some alarming findings; selective abortion has led to 7.1 million fewer girls than boys up to the age of 6. It is a gender gap that has widened by more than a million in a decade. The study also finds that in the last 30 years, an estimated 4 to 12 million girls were aborted because of their sex. ...
06:50 PM, May 25, 2011
New Delhi: A new study published in medical journal Lancet has some alarming findings; selective abortion has led to 7.1 million fewer girls than boys up to the age of 6. It is a gender gap that has widened by more than a million in a decade. The study also finds that in the last 30 years, an estimated 4 to 12 million girls were aborted because of their sex....
06:50 PM, May 25, 2011
Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if educated Indians are aborting girl child.
12:00 PM, May 25, 2011
London: Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey's school for the girls in South Africa is in trouble once again after the body of a newborn baby was found in a bag belonging to a teenage student. The 17-year-old, identified as the dead baby's mother, handed over the bag containing the infant to hospital staff after she was admitted with excessive bleeding last week. The authorities believe the girl gave birth at...
04:47 PM, Feb 20, 2011
New York: Women seeking medical abortion, sometimes called the "abortion pill," often first undergo an ultrasound test, but a new study suggests that may be an unnecessary step. In the US, medical abortions can be performed within nine weeks of the first day of a woman's last menstrual period. Most medical abortions involve taking the drug mifepristone (Mifeprex) followed by misoprostol, which causes the womb to contract. There are no...
05:36 PM, Dec 09, 2010
It was in 1960 that the US Food and Drug Administration approved the medicine. ...
10:33 AM, May 10, 2010
Bill would allow girls of 16 to undergo abortions without parents' consent. ...
08:06 AM, Oct 18, 2009
George Tiller was among few docs who performed late-term abortion. ...
09:41 AM, Jun 01, 2009
The protest was staged to oppose Obama's support for abortion rights. ...
11:07 AM, May 18, 2009
How late can a mother abort her foetus if it has abnormalities? ...
09:07 PM, Feb 13, 2009
Vatican's doctrinal body says the pill falls within the sin of abortion. ...
11:38 AM, Dec 13, 2008
Many parents choose not to abort a foetus with complications. ...
11:31 PM, Aug 25, 2008
A lot of women believe that a mother should have the right to give birth or abort. ...
05:52 PM, Aug 25, 2008
Studies have indicated that stress increases risks during pregnancy. ...
12:17 AM, Aug 15, 2008
Husband Haresh blames media scrutiny for Niketa's worsening health. ...
09:39 AM, Aug 14, 2008
This debate was not only about abortion but also about disability. ...
01:19 AM, Aug 11, 2008
Has J&K situation been communalised? Is it time to amend our abortion laws? ...
11:41 PM, Aug 07, 2008
Mehta's sought the abortion on the grounds that the baby will have CHD. ...
05:12 PM, Aug 07, 2008
The Mehtas' fight to abort their 26-week-old foetus has finally ended. ...
07:48 AM, Aug 06, 2008
SC bench says 'nature will take care of her'. Your Say: SC move justified? ... 
