Modi slams foeticide, infanticide

April 08, 2013 12:05

Modi salutes motherhood, but says it's a reality, however tragic, that the girl child continues to be killed. "We haven't realised what women can achieve. We have reached modern India, but our thoughts remain firmly in the 18th century. At least in the 18th century, girls could be born. It's another story that they were killed later. Now, the girl child is killed in the womb (his voice trembles with emotion) and both men and women are equally responsible."

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