In some Asian countries and cultures, tradition and technology have combined and result in the sex-selective abortions of tens of millions of unborn baby girls. Ultrasound and sex-determination testing identify the sex of the child in the womb and when identified as female, the lives of these very young girls end in abortion.
 
Cultural preferences for first-born sons render baby girls unwanted and the victims of the violence of abortion simply because they are female, the first act of gendercide—— the extermination of a child based on sex (gender).
 
The results of sex-selective abortion combined with the killing of baby girls at birth through the horrific practice of infanticide have resulted in a global phenomenon of "missing girls". A 2010 report released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) entitled Power, Voice and Rights: A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific reports, "…Asia has the highest male-female sex ratio at birth in the world, with sex-selective abortion and infanticide leaving a trail of 96 million ‘missing’ women in some countries."
 
PNCI believes that the life of the girl child must be valued right from the start—in the womb—if her life is to be respected and protected throughout the life cycle. PNCI seeks to raise awareness of the practice of sex-selective abortion and supports legislation that bans this cruel, violent and destructive act of anti-female discrimination. PNCI opposes all cultural practices which harm the girl child.

Links:

Laogai Research Foundation
Authoritative source on human rights in China, including the "one-child" policy http://laogai.org/our_work/one-child-policy
 
 
UN Report Highlights Asia's Missing Girls from Sex-Selective Abortion
Report highlights the nearly 100 million missing women across Asia and growing gender gap resulting from sex-selective abortion.
http://www2.undprcc.lk/ext/pvr/pdf/Overview.pdf
 
Women's Rights Without Frontiers
Raises awareness of the brutal effect China's one child policy on women’s lives and provides analysis on gendercide, forced abortion, infanticide and sex slavery.
http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=congressional