11.   Foreign groups say the one-child policy encourages couples who want sons to abort female fetuses or kill baby girls.

12.   Government officials and religious leaders are meeting in an effort to stem an alarming rise abortions of female fetuses.

13.   In male-dominated Indian society, parents generally prefer sons to daughters and many end up aborting female fetuses.

14.   It said that such violations started before birth, when female fetuses are aborted after sex determination tests because of a traditional preference for male children.

15.   It seeks to eliminate the widespread practice of aborting female fetuses in this male-dominated culture.

16.   Many parents in male-dominated Indian society prefer sons to daughters and flock to these clinics, often leading to the abortion of female fetuses.

17.   The policy is blamed by foreign groups for encouraging couples who want sons to abort female fetuses or kill baby girls.

18.   There are no national statistics available on female infanticide or abortion of female fetuses, but the practice has lead to a disproportionate number of males.

19.   There are no national statistics available on female infanticide or abortion of female fetuses, but the disproportionate number of males in India show it is a widespread practice.

20.   To avoid having too many girls, some women secretly kill their female infants or abort female fetuses.