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So the government should require that so many girls are born each year?
What will undoubtedly happen is that baby girls will eventually be deemed more valuable than baby boys and the pendulum will swing back.
And btw you are forgetting that China also has a limit on how many children a person can have. I think that is more the problem than selective abortion.
The government should NOT require that so many girls are born each year. Only liberals believe that the government should try to achieve equal outcomes (ie. affirmative action, try to reduce income inequality, equal pay, Community Reinvestment Act, etc)
Conservatives believe in equal opportunity, not equal outcome.
Yes China has horrific forced abortion and forced sterilization policies.
You do realize that you are contradicting yourself don't you?
You say government shouldn't allow selective sex abortions because of social ramifications and then you say the government shouldn't tell anyone how many kids or what sex kids they should have.
I did NOT say that the government shouldn't allow selective sex abortions because of social ramifications. Please reread my comments.
I did say that there would be social ramifications if selective-sex abortions became widespread. I said that there is no evidence of that in the US. I did say that it is atrocious for the Chinese government to force abortions. I believe that the federal government should not force abortions nor outlaw abortions. The states and local governments should be free to make laws regarding everything that is not specifically enumerated in the US constitution.
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