From The Washington Post: “China is to outlaw the selective abortion of female fetuses to correct an imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls that has grown since the one-child policy was introduced more than 20 years ago.
Government figures show 119 boys are born in the world’s most populous country for every 100 girls, but Beijing has set the goal of reversing the imbalance by 2010, state media reported.”
Also see the Reuters’ article: “It’s a Boy as China Marks 1.3 Billionth Person.”