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\"\"<\/a>China is infamous for its strict one-child policy and strong preference for baby boys. The horror stories continue to surface. Stringent governmental regulations cause mothers to repeatedly abort<\/a> their baby daughters in desperate hopes for a son as their only child. Doctors assist in the delivery of a baby, only to discover the unwanted gender and carelessly toss<\/a> the tiny girl into a bucket to die. Americans shake their heads in self-righteous disapproval, sanctimoniously pronouncing the United States as the land of the free, where people are never forced<\/em> to make unwanted choices. Yet that makes this next statement all the more horrific:<\/p>\n

Americans willingly choose<\/em> the brutal death of our baby girls.<\/p>\n

Oh, but since we get to <\/em>choose, it\u2019s not as heinous<\/em>, the cunning voice of deception whispers. At least we\u2019re not <\/em>forcing our women to end the lives of their children<\/em>. No, we\u2019ve just carefully constructed our social values to make the concept so appealing, so acceptable that women choose it on their own. And that somehow makes us better<\/em> than China? Oh, no, it makes our actions unspeakably worse<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We condemn China and its blatant discrimination toward women, but we have failed to protect our own American baby girls. Our Congress was presented with a bill last week to implement a nationwide ban on gender-selective abortions, but our congressmen failed<\/a> to pass the measure. Because protecting our baby girls just isn\u2019t that important to us. It\u2019s all about choice<\/em>, remember?<\/p>\n

It is becoming increasingly clear just how far we are willing to take the idea of \u201cchoice.” The rise of gender-selective abortions reveals that nothing is off-limits when it comes to our beloved American choice. We can\u2019t limit choice! Because choice is most important after all, the abortion rhetoric reminds us. Or is it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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