That’s right – she got pregnant at age 70 so she could produce a male heir! This boy isn’t even going to be able to take care of its parents in their old age, they’re already there. The sole reason for his conception was so that he could inherit the property.<\/p>\n\n While I shake my head in confusion at this (why do you care who inherits after you’re dead – you’re dead, right?), is the average American any better? It turns out that they have a strong preference for female children when they adopt:<\/p>\n\n … there are about 105 boys for every 100 girls in the general population of biological children under the age of 18. Adopted children … [however, have] 89 boys for every 100 girls<\/span><\/font>. What’s more, adopted children under the age of 6 constitute a group where there only are 85 boys for every 100 girls…. the sex ratio of adopted children goes still further off-kilter if you look only at international adoptions<\/span><\/font>… Girls make up about 64 percent of all children adopted by Americans outside the United States. That’s a mere 56 boys for every hundred girls<\/span><\/font>. [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n When adopting abroad, Americans have a 2:1 preference<\/strong> for girls over boys. And that’s not a matter of supply, it’s purely demand:<\/p>\n\n It doesn’t matter if they’re adopting from China, where girls far outnumber boys; from Russia, where the numbers are about even; or from Cambodia, where there is typically a glut of orphan boys and a paucity of girls. Everywhere, demand tends to favor the feminine. [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n There are good reasons to tsk over the desi preference for boy children. Should we do the same when it comes to the American preference for girl children when adopting?<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For one women it seems, the biological work of mothering continues even well after menopause: A woman said to be 70 years of age has given birth to twins in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state after taking IVF treatment… The … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/images\/OmkariPanwar[1]_1.jpg\")
<\/a>A woman said to be 70 years of age has given birth to twins in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state after taking IVF treatment… The couple were so desperate for a male heir that they spent their life savings and took out a bank loan for IVF<\/span><\/font>.
Omkari Panwar already has two daughters and is a grandmother to five children. “We already have two girls but we wanted a boy so that he could have taken care of our property.<\/span><\/font> This boy and girl are God’s greatest gift to us,” Omkari said. [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n\n
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