Time to end the evil of sex-selective abortion

James Mildred  |  Features  |  politics & policy
Date posted:  1 Sep 2021
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Time to end the evil of 
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In the future, men are set to outnumber women by a considerable margin. That’s according to some new research which suggests there are millions of missing girls thanks to sex-selective abortion.

In certain countries, there’s a clear cultural preference for boys rather than girls and by 2100, if current rates continue, 22million girls could be lost to the practice.

The study, published in the BMJ Global Health found that prenatal sex selection is helping to skew birth rates to favour boys. Just think about the consequences of a world where there is a surplus of men. Dr Fengqing Chao, lead author of the research, warns that: ‘Fewer than expected females in the population could result in elevated levels of antisocial behaviour and violence and may ultimately affect long-term stability and social sustainable development.’

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