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Govt. study finds sex-selective abortions by Indians in UK
Sex ratio reached 113 boys per 100 girls, much higher than the threshold limit of 107 boys per 100 girls.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Thu, 11, Dec 2025
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A government report from the United Kingdom has found an imbalance in the boy to girl births between 2017 and 2021, signalling the use of IVF or abortions to avoid having girls.
The report by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) described it as a "statistically significant imbalance" and estimated that "approximately 400 sex-selective abortions may have taken place to female foetuses over the five-year period from 2017 to 2021.”
During 2017–2021, the UK recorded 3.6 million births with a natural sex ratio of 105.4 boys per 100 girls — well within the normal global ceiling of 107.
Birth ratios exceeding 107 are considered strong evidence of sex selection.
For Indian-origin mothers with two or more previous children, the ratio reached 113 boys per 100 girls, significantly above the threshold.
Sex selective abortion is illegal in the UK and carrying out abortion for the sole reason of sex preference is a criminal offence.
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