Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Canada’s "missing daughters"

Today's Family News
"Abortion clinics in Canada are accommodating women seeking to terminate a pregnancies for no apparent reason other than gender preference.

Documents obtained by Calgary’s Western Standard magazine reportedly confirm anecdotal evidence that communities around Toronto and in B.C.’s Lower Mainland with a high proportion of immigrants from China and India have significantly more baby boys than girls. Sons are said to be favoured because they continue the family name and are presumably better able to support their parents."
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