Given below are some statements. Read them carefully and choose the correct statement (s) from the given options.

Statement 1: The problem of selective abortions in India is mainly due to poverty or ignorance or lack of resources.     

Statement 2: Modern medical techniques help in determining the sex of the baby in the very early stages of pregnancy.   

Only Statement 2 is correct.

The correct answer is Option 2: Only Statement 2 is correct.

The problem of selective abortions is not due to poverty, ignorance, or lack of resources. In fact, some of the most prosperous regions of India have very low child sex ratios, showing that economic prosperity alone does not eliminate gender bias. 

NCERT: "Several factors may be held responsible for the decline in the child sex ratio, including severe neglect of girl babies in infancy, leading to higher death rates; sex-specific abortions that prevent girl babies from being born; and female infanticide (or the killing of girl babies due to religious or cultural beliefs). Each of these reasons point to a serious social problem, and there is some evidence that all of these have been at work in India. Practices of female infanticide have been known to exist in many regions, while increasing importance is being attached to modern medical techniques by which the sex of the baby can be determined in the very early stages of pregnancy. The availability of the sonogram (an x-ray like diagnostic device based on ultra-sound technology), originally developed to identify genetic or other disorders in the foetus, are misused to identify and selectively abort female foetuses. The regional pattern of low child sex ratios seems to support this argument. It is striking that the lowest child sex ratios are found in the most prosperous regions of India. According to the Economic Survey for a recent year, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi are having high per capita income and the child sex ratio of these states is still low. So the problem of selective abortions is not due to poverty or ignorance or lack of resources.  "