India Launches Campaign to Save, Educate Girls

“We cannot be counted as citizens of the 21st century" Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a hard-hitting message to the country during the launch of a nationwide campaign to save and educate girls. Modi said the practice of aborting female fetuses is worse than an 18th century mindset because girls are being killed even before they are born. The prime minister said placing sons above daughters is a psychological illness of the entire country, and he called for a social...

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