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Maternal Blood Test Can Tell Parents Fetus’s Sex After 7 Weeks
- darien 15y agoMy only concern with this is the reaction of various groups where culture places a heavy emphasis on the development of male children. Gender discrimination before birth (which can lead to abortion) is just something I'm not down with.
- bhickey 15y ago“It’s a theoretical issue now, but people are already doing it using ultrasound,” Bianchi said. This comment seems off base. Gender selective abortion is rampant in northern India (especially Punjab) and China. Even the Economist has written on this (http://www.economist.com/node/15606229 http://www.economist.com/node/15606229)
- onemoreact 15y agoIt's less rampent than that article suggests. It's natural for ~5% more boys to be born the girls. Still, China and India are both significantly above that ratio.