The Straits Times extracted a news from Bhubaneswar (India)on 24 July 07.
"Thirty plastic bags stuffed with the body parts of female foetuses and newly born babies have been found in a dry well near a private clinic in the east Indian State of Orissa. Police suspect the body parts - mainly skulls and bones - were dumped in the well shortly after birth or abortion at the clinic. Dispite laws banning sex determination tests, the killing of female foetuses is still common in India, where the preference for sons runs deep. Boys are traditionally preferred to girls as breadwinners and because families have to pay huge dowries to marry off daughters."
The myths are true for China and India.
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