Va. candidate says he’ll push to ban sex-selective abortion

[The Straight Story]

Va. candidate says he’ll push to ban sex-selective abortion



There are four states in the nation where it’s illegal to abort a fetus because of its sex. Randy Minchew would like to make it five.

The Leesburg Republican, a lawyer running for Virginia’s House of Delegates, says he will push to outlaw what’s known as “sex-selective abortion” if elected.

But while the practice is widespread in some Asian countries where cultural and political forces drive a strong preference for sons, there’s some debate about the extent to which Americans are using abortion for sex selection.

Some research suggests that it is happening, at least among Asian immigrants. In any case, the practice is becoming a new front in the nation’s abortion battles.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/va-candidate-says-hell-push-to-ban-sex-selective-abortion/2011/10/21/gIQAvPvFQM_story.html

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1. I just wonder how it is you prove this

So a family who wants to abort a girl because they want a boy; now that is illegal, so they just lie and say "we can't afford another child right now". Then what? Does there have to be an investigation to determine their veracity?