There is an external intervention and that needs to be addressed before the situation worsens.” CHENNAI: The number of pregnant women registered at anganwadis in Tamil Nadu between 2014 and 2017 and the number of children born in the period show at least 700 may have been aborted, a recent study has revealed. This number cannot be merely attributed to parents moving to another location. It cannot be attributed to natural causes. “The difference is 704..