The Ratio of baby girls if baby boys in China bas dropped further below the international stander ed the result, critics say, of its controversial "One-child policy" which in some cases has led to selective abortion, infanticide and the abandonment of baby girls In the 1980s, China launched a program aimed at slowing its ever increasing population growths by discouraging parents from having more than one child, using both incentives and penalties to enforce the policy.
Many rural peasants. who make up the majority of the population, are anxious to have a soon to help support them in their old age, particularly in the absence of a social security scheme. Boys are also traditionally favored. The rules were relaxed somewhat for rural people (who may have a second child if their first born is a girls but not a third yet the problems persist. Human rights monitors say the gender Imbalance is partly attributable to complete postulation statistics. as families sometimes avoid reporting the birth of a daughter so they continue trying for a son. Although the practice is illegal, some Chinese parents abort baby girls after ascertaining their gender during an ultrasound scan...
Many rural peasants. who make up the majority of the population, are anxious to have a soon to help support them in their old age, particularly in the absence of a social security scheme. Boys are also traditionally favored. The rules were relaxed somewhat for rural people (who may have a second child if their first born is a girls but not a third yet the problems persist. Human rights monitors say the gender Imbalance is partly attributable to complete postulation statistics. as families sometimes avoid reporting the birth of a daughter so they continue trying for a son. Although the practice is illegal, some Chinese parents abort baby girls after ascertaining their gender during an ultrasound scan...
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