This Mumbai couple waited to adopt a daughter: 'We just wanted a girl'

The World | Sep 16, 2015
When Ayesha and Marco D'Souza started the adoption process, they knew some baby girls in India were not even allowed to be born because of sex selection. And they know that some view girls as a burden. Still, they weren’t choosing a girl out of charity, they say. They just wanted a daughter.

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