pressures to survive and lack of knowledge cause many parents to neglect their children.
Institutionalization
90% of children in orphanages in S.E. Asia are placed there by their families.
Trafficking
45% of trafficked children are placed there by their families
Abortion
It is estimated that 2/3 of maternal deaths in Burma are from botched abortions. This shows the actual abortion rate to be much higher. (Abortion is not legal in Burma)