[abdullahkhalids]

There is one very common case where people abort fetuses because of reasons that are not "saving the child from worse prospects". This is people not wanting girls because "girls are economic and social liabilities and boys are assets". In my country, sex-selective abortion has been so prevalent that doctors now don't tell parents the sex of the fetus. If they did, very quickly would there be a difference of millions between males and females in the population with all the social problems that brings about.

If somehow tomorrow, some research project resulted in a very cheap device, usable by anyone, that could tell the sex of a baby, I think one would have to at least seriously debate and ponder whether publishing such work is good for the country or not.

[laverya]

The more western equivalent of this is screening for Down's Syndrome.

In certain countries, essentially all Down's babies are aborted. (98% in Denmark, for example)

[iso1337]

I don’t know if you have relatives or children with Down’s, but it is no walk in the park.

Forcing parents to have disabled kids is not good policy either.

[ragazzina]

>all Down's babies are aborted. (98% in Denmark

98% of all babies with Down's syndrome, or 98% of all babies diagnosed with it? How popular is the test in Denmark?

[mensetmanusman]

The test is required by the govt.