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mwooldri

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10. People campaigning against sex-selective abortions...
Wed May 30, 2012, 08:41 AM
May 2012

... are looking at the wrong country.

If the USA has 104 males to 100 females, why does China have 112 males to 100 females? Why is the male:female ratio getting distorted in India, and India is known to have problems with female foeticide. India is at the point that there are 9 girls for every 10 boys.

It's not just the big countries either. Now San Marino and Jersey (not NJ, USA) can be explained because of their tiny populations - but Albania, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Georgia (not GA, USA) have ratios of children of many more males to females.



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