Sex And Race-Selective Abortion

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Trent Franks writes in his article about a hidden issue we face today, selective abortion. The most common selective abortion seen is for sex and race. For sex-selective abortion, it is most likely the unborn fetus is aborted because he or she is a girl and not a boy. For race-selective abortion, it is most likely the unborn fetus is dark skinned. It is becoming clear that selective abortion is taking place. It has drawn attention to the National Academy of Science. They found an imbalance between genders in immigrant populations, which seems to prove that there is sex selective abortion. An economist at Harvard University found that over a hundred million women were demographical missing. It is believed that it is connected to the practice

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