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Reproductive Health Matters
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Volume 23, 2015 - Issue 45: Knowledge, evidence, practice and power
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“If a woman has even one daughter, I refuse to perform the abortion”: Sex determination and safe abortion in India

Pritam PotdarField Coordinator, SAMYAK, PuneIndia
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Alka BaruaConsultant, Ahmedabad, India
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Suchitra DalvieCoordinator, Asia Safe Abortion Partnership (ASAP)[email protected]
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Anand PawarExecutive Director, SAMYAK, Pune, India
Pages 114-125 | Received 28 Nov 2014, Accepted 08 Jun 2015, Published online: 26 Jul 2015

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