India: Priest Urges religous leaders to "save" baby girls

The priest, who is based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s commercial capital, noted that the child sex ratio in the state is 883 females to 1,000 males as against the national ratio of 920 to 1,000.

Despite efforts to address this imbalance, Indian society continues to prefer boys to girls, he said. And this leads to numerous abortions of girls. In Hindu religious practice, a son often has the responsibility of performing the last rites for family members. While sons inherit family wealth, girls are considered a burden as they need to be married off with dowries.