By MJ del Valle, Zaka Guluyev – Special to Al Jazeera — 29 Oct 2013
Critics of prenatal sex selection warn of the consequences of big gender imbalances
Baku, Azerbaijan – After giving birth to a baby girl, 24-year-old Shana knew what to expect the second time she became pregnant.
“When we found out that the second baby was going to be another girl, my husband said that he didn’t want her and I was forced to have an abortion. It was already three months and 10 days. They anaesthetised me and cut the foetus out of me.”
Shana’s second daughter was one of thousands of girls aborted in Azerbaijan every year. Continue reading
