>> we do a lot of research on each of the topics and once we gathered that material, we try to tell it to you in a way that it hits home. >> the first episode examined one of the nation's most troubling social ills. female fetuside. aborting a fetus because it's female. thanks in part to the practice, men outnumber women in india by over 45 million. the problem is so bad that the government actually banned doctors from telling expectant parents the gender of their own fetus. >> ratio of girls against boys is dramatic you have huge social problems across the country. >> some families are so eager to have a boy rather than a girl, they'll do just about anything. one woman told khan she was forced to get an abortion by members of her own family.