South Korean Baby Bust and Female Feticide
From South Korean Births Drop to 35 Year Low, Underpopulation a Problem:
From South Korean Births Drop to 35 Year Low, Underpopulation a Problem:
- "One reason for the decline in the birth rate is the tendency for Korean couples to have sex-selection abortions. As in other Asian countries, especially China, Koreans have a preference for boys.
"Figures from the Korean National Statistical Office show 108.7 male babies were born last year per 100 female babies. That's an improvement over the 115.3 to 100 ratio from 10 years ago -- due in part to the government banning hospitals from identifying an unborn child's sex in 1994."
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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