Story highlights Thousands of female fetuses are aborted in India every year

The country has one of the worst child sex ratios in the region

New Delhi (CNN) A pregnant woman sat in a hospital consultation room in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

She wanted to know the sex of her baby, she told the doctor.

In many countries this would be a routine process, all part of becoming a new parent. But in India -- where thousands of female fetuses are aborted every year -- revealing the sex of an unborn child has been illegal since 1994.

Nevertheless, the doctor offered to tell the woman the sex of her baby for a one-off payment of 12,500 rupees ($190). She agreed and paid for the service, documenting everything on a hidden spy camera.

Last week, a court in Malegaon convicted the doctor and his brother of running a sex-selection clinic and abortion racket. They face three years in jail and a fine, according to police.

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