She wanted to know the sex of her baby, she told the doctor. In many countries this would be a routine process, all part of becoming a new parent. But in India -- where thousands of female fetuses are aborted every year -- revealing the sex of an unborn child has been illegal since 1994. Nevertheless, the doctor offered to tell the woman the sex of her baby for a one-off payment of 12,500 rupees ($190). Last week, a court in Malegaon convicted the doctor and his brother of running a sex-selection clinic and abortion racket.

Source: CNN March 27, 2017 03:11 UTC