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A preference for boys is causing massive headaches in India and China

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for the payment of taxes. In India, boys are preferred because they are expected to succeed as head of the household and, thus, take on the responsibilities for their parents. As the average number of children per woman in India decreased from 5.2 in 1971 to 2.9 in 2004, parents increasingly wanted baby boys. The law prohibiting prenatal diagnosis of a fetus' sex came into force in 1996. Yet, only the doctor in Palwal has gone to prison. Prosecutors say it is hard to hand down indictments because of difficulties in gathering evidence. They cite an absence of confessions among doctors and pregnant women.

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This is a terrible custom and should be outlawed everywhere.

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