Aborting girl babies

Feminists are being hit with the Law of Unintended Consequences, as readily available abortions, the ability to determine the sex of the unborn child, and the tradition of preferring boy babies in third world countries provide a nexus that’s killing off females.

“China's gaping sex ratio at birth (is) among the highest in the world at 120 boys for every 100 girls,” says Science Magazine. “In 1980, China, concerned about a population explosion, adopted a one-child policy -- and enforced it through compulsory sterilizations and abortions. The policy clashed with the country's patrilineal tradition so much so that many families went to great lengths to ensure that their sole child was a boy. As a result, mortality rates among girls ages 1-4 spiked.” (Great Lengths being a polite term for infanticide.)

Meanwhile, CNN reports, “Researchers in India and Canada for the Lancet journal said prenatal selection and selective abortion was causing the loss of 500,000 girls a year.”

I wonder if partial birth abortion could be used in those countries, for pregnant women who can’t get an ultrasound? The baby comes out feet first. The doc takes a gander at the genital area, and if the baby has a flower instead of a stem, in goes the suction tube to slurp out the brain. The woman gets to go home either with a prized boy baby or a chance to try again.

I’m not aware of any studies in the US as to the gender of aborted babies. Such a study would be very politically-incorrect. But maybe the Obama administration, with its professed reverence for science, will support getting the data. Wanna bet?