Is “Reproductive Choice” Resulting in Fewer Girls Being Born in the U.S.?

(Hat tip: Dale Price )

A post at Hot Air reports on a study indicating that sex-selective methods of birth control are becoming more prevalent in the U.S., resulting in the birth of fewer girls.

No doubt one of the reasons behind the introduction of the Susan B. Anthony and Fredrick Douglas Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (HR 1822) , which would prohibit abortions “sought based on the sex, gender, color or race of the child, or the race of a parent of that child.”

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