{"id":64448,"date":"2015-06-04T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=64448"},"modified":"2015-06-04T19:06:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T23:06:28","slug":"woman-aborts-18-girls-pregnant-son-husband-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-aborts-18-girls-pregnant-son-husband-wanted\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman aborts 18 girls to give her husband the son he wants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most of us don\u2019t pay much attention to the issue of sex-selective abortion \u2013 either because we think it doesn\u2019t affects us, or because we don\u2019t realize how widespread it is and how much it is affecting our world. But its impact reaches far and wide, even here in the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are all aware of the population control that occurs in China with its\u00a0one child policy. Most parents there want a boy, so over the years, the ratio of males to females born has been greatly altered. In 2004, the ratio was 121.2 boys for every 100 girls. The natural ratio is 103 to 106 boys for every 100 girls. But it isn\u2019t just China.<\/p>\n

In Vietnam, many families live with the idea that only boys can inherit a family\u2019s assets. The pressure for a son can make a woman desperate.<\/p>\n