'Some pay for illegal ultrasound tests to discover the sex of a foetus, and abort it if it is female'
However with the introduction of the 'Planned Birth Policy' (or One Child policy as it is commonly known as) there was an even greater desire for the child to be male. Many more female children were aborted due to the policy.China's Family Planning Association in 2007 revealed the extent of the male:female imbalance- in one city there were 8 male children to every 5 female. The social consequences to the are practically impossible to predict and the Chinese government realised that they would have to act quickly and strongly against the illegal abortions of female foetuses. Some think that with literally millions of men unable to find a wife there would be huge increases in violent and anti social behaviour.
Although the practice of aborting because of the child being female was already illegal, the government brought in more fines and punishments to doctors and parents taking part. We have yet to see the results of this.
