Mumbai woman forced to abort 8 times, given 1,500 steroid injections so husband could have son

Mangalore Today News Network / News18

Mumbai, Aug 17, 2021: A 40-year-old woman from the posh Dadar area of Mumbai filed a complaint with police alleging that she was forced by her husband to abort her fetus eight times in his desire to have a son.

 

The father, who is a retired judge, had married his daughter in 2007 to a highly educated and prestigious family. The victim’s husband and mother-in-law are lawyers, and her sister-in-law is a doctor. A few years after the marriage, the husband allegedly started beating the victim, saying he wanted a son to protect his family and property. She was allegedly made to abort her child eight times abroad.

In 2009, the victim gave birth to a baby girl. After two years in 2011, when she became pregnant again, her husband took her to a doctor and forced her to have an abortion, saying she did not want a baby. Atrocities on the victim then escalated. He also started treatment for having a child in Mumbai.