China vow on sex-based abortion

BBC NEWS
"China will punish health workers who help to abort female foetuses, despite a recent decision not to criminalise the practice, an official said.

China's legislature scrapped a bill in June that would have introduced fines and prison terms for aborting girls.

But an official said that did not mean there was any relaxation in the policy against selective abortion.

The practice stems from a preference for sons, especially in rural areas, and China's one-child policy.

As a result, official figures suggest there are 119 boys born for every 100 girls in China, Xinhua news agency said, a figure much higher than the global ratio of 103 to 107 boys for 100 girls."
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