“You have 2,000 girls who are killed in the womb every day. Some are born and have pillows on their faces choking them.”

— Maneka Gandhi

On female foeticide and female infanticide, as quoted in "Indian minister says 2,000 girls 'killed' every day" http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/21/us-india-girls-abortions-idUSKBN0NC12320150421, Reuters (21 April 2015)
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Indian politician and activist 1956

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