{"id":35501,"date":"2014-10-11T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35501"},"modified":"2014-10-11T15:15:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T09:45:02","slug":"female-foeticide-deep-shame-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/female-foeticide-deep-shame-modi","title":{"rendered":"Female foeticide a deep shame: Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Female-foeticide.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/female-foeticide-deep-shame-modi\/female-foeticide\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Female-foeticide.jpg?fit=240%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Female foeticide\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Female-foeticide.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Female-foeticide.jpg?fit=240%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35502\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Female-foeticide.jpg?resize=240%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Female foeticide\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Female-foeticide.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Female-foeticide.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> is a matter of &#8220;deep shame&#8221; and a &#8220;cause of great concern&#8221;, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday, the International Day of the Girl Child.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On International Day of the Girl Child we celebrate the achievements of our daughters. 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