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However, Periyar's views were strikingly different from that of Gandhi. He saw birth control as a means for women to control their own lives. [39] In 1952, India became the first country in the developing world to create a state-sponsored family planning program, the National Family Planning Program. [40]
A report released by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 2020 said that nearly 45.8 million girls were missing in India due to pre and post-birth selection practices in the country. [55] A study by Washington based think tank Pew Research said that at least 9 million girls are ‘missing’ in India between 2009-2019 as a result of female ...
A study in Haryana found that the sex ratio at birth for upper caste women was 127 males for 100 females, compared with 105 with lower caste women. [52] While cash transfers successfully improve school enrollment and immunization rates for girls, they do not directly address parent's demand for sons and gender-biased sex selection.
The first report on maternal mortality in India (1997-2003), describing trends, causes and risk factors, was released in October 2006. [15] In 2005, a woman's lifetime risk of maternal death in India was estimated to be 1 in 70. Similarly, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR; number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) in India was 450. [16]
Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, [1]: 61 its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring.
As president, Trump reduced access to contraception for lower-income people by cutting funding for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and bringing in restrictions on the Title X program.
[2] 11.9% of all maternal deaths and 18% of all infant mortality in the world occurs in India, ranking it the highest in the world in 2021. [3] [4] 36.6 out of 1000 children are dead by the time they reach the age of 5. [5] 62% of children are immunized. [6] Communicable disease is the cause of death for 53% of all deaths in India. [7]
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