Killing of infants on rise in Pakistan
At a morgue in Pakistan, five small pouches line the shelf of a walk-in freezer. Wrapped inside each is the corpse of an infant. The killing and dumping of newborns, mostly girls, is happening more often. FULL STORY
Killing of infants on the rise in Pakistan
Reza Sayah, CNN
July 20, 2011 5:30 p.m. EDT
Pakistan tragedy: The killing of newborn girls
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Records from group show more than 1,200 newborns killed and dumped in Pakistan last year
Many of those killed are girls because of cultural attitudes and poverty
In some countries, infanticide of girls is enough to skew population figures, U.N. says
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