Taiwanese
health authorities said Tuesday that tougher checks on illegal gender-selective
abortions prevented nearly 1,000 terminations of female foetuses last year.
Taiwan's health authorities moved to tighten
curbs on the illegal abortions last year, warning that doctors found guilty of
the practice could have their licenses revoked.
"The strict measures have paid off,"
Lee Tsui-feng, an official at the Bureau of the Health Promotion, told AFP.
Government figures showed that 108 males
babies were born for every 100 female babies in 2011, down from 109 to 100 in
2010. The normal sex ratio at birth globally is 104-106 males to every 100
females.
"That's the same as 993 female foetuses
saved last year," Lee said.
Even though sex-selective abortions have never
been legal in Taiwan, the practice is believed to have become common, due to a
traditional preferences for male offspring.
Despite last year's progress, Lee said it may
take another four or five years to weed out the illegal practice entirely.
AFP
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