Letters to the Editor
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It is their bodies, right?
Let people have sex selective abortions it is their right and it would make society more fair. If you are worried that girls will disappear, you don't know parents.
When a parent has a child they often do it to enhance themselves and the interests of their child. Now if they want a boy it is because a boy will be better for them and will have a better life than a girl.
But once the gender ratio equals some equilibrium where there are many more boys than girls it will no longer be desirable to have a boy. A stable point will be reached whereby being a boy or girl is exactly the same. What men loose in not having a wife they gain in better economic conditions. And what women loose in economics is made up with a wealthier husband. If one gender is doing better parents will have more of that gender. It is markets at their finest.