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THE Polish government was ordered to pay a woman more than £26,000 yesterday after she was prevented from having an abortion despite doctors' warnings that she could lose her sight if she gave birth. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Alicja Tysiac, 36, whose eyesight worsened after the baby girl was born and who is now registered as disabled, had been denied her human rights under the Roman Catholic country's strict anti-abortion laws. The court ordered Poland to pay her about £17,000 in compensation and £9,500 in costs. Campaigners last night described the ruling as "one of the...

Lawmakers and women's rights activists raised an alarm Monday over new evidence indicating about 7,000 fewer girls than expected are born each day in India, where women routinely suffer discrimination and parents often abort female fetuses. The spread of ultrasound technology allowing parents to find out the gender of their unborn children has resulted in the large-scale 'disappearance' of girls here. One study released earlier this year estimated that 10 million fewer girls were born here than expected in the past 20 years. The government must 'rise in revolt against the male child mania,' said lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta during a...