My Own Political Party

Over the Thanksgiving Holiday, my 7th grade daughter brought home an assignment from English class to write a paper about China’s One-Child Policy. She was given an article to read and had to answer questions from the article, as well as her own opinion, for her paper.

The article was very well written and really did give both sides of the story, except for one issue. The article mentioned that the male to female ratio in China could be approaching 132 males for every 100 females. NO mention was given as to why this is the problem!

Maybe they thought that kids this age were to young to be informed that sex-selection abortions have an impact on population. It has been widely reported that since the introduction of cheap and portable ultra-sound scanners at least 1/3 of women who have abortions in China are seeking to choose the sex of the baby (male in this case). In China, male offspring has long been the desired outcome.

Unfortunately, China is not the only country that uses abortion for sex-selection. India’s male to female ratio is also alarming. In the 2001 census in India it was reported that there were 927 females for every 1000 males. This compared to the world average of 1045 females to 1000 males.

These countries will eventually face serious problems unless their attitudes toward women change.

And yes, I did inform my daughter why the male to female ratio in China was this way. I thought she ought to know.

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