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Culture Clash: Evangelicals Denounce Infanticide, Draw Ire From Activists

Evangelical Christian missionaries have launched a campaign against what they claim is the widespread practice of infanticide among Amazonian Indians. The missionaries, associated with the U.S.-based group Youth With a Mission, say the Brazilian government is turning a blind eye to the killing of babies born with birth defects, many of which are treatable by Western medicine. Brazilian government officials say the missionaries are exaggerating and exploiting the issue to justify their attempts... Full Story
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