Over 300 bodies of newly born babies found by Edhi Foundation in 2019

The Edhi Foundation, in 2019, recovered over 300 bodies of newly born babies, mostly of girls, in different parts of Karachi. They were later buried properly in graveyards, according to officials of the Edhi Foundation.

According to a report in Dawn, Saad Edhi said that as many as 375 bodies of newborn babies were found at open places or roadsides in Karachi last year. He said that compared to 2018, the figure of dead bodies of babies had doubled in 2019.

Meanwhile, Head of Edhi Foundation Faisal Edhi told the publication that the main plausible reason was that some people did not want female children. He claimed that when during ultrasound it transpired that the mother had conceived a girl, the family got abortion as they preferred a male child due to societal pressure. However, abortions are only allowed on “solid medical grounds” such as saving the life of the mother.

All the bodies were buried properly in Edhi graveyards.