# Aborting gay fetuses

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**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aborting-gay-fetuses/486662 "2009-02-20T02:21:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aborting-gay-fetuses/486662/67 "2009-02-20T21:26:18Z")

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> [@LonesomePolecat](#):
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> Perhaps, but in India and China there is a growing imbalance in the ratio of the sexes because more female than male fetuses are aborted. Here in the States there’s some speculation that a drop in crimes rates may have been due in large part to abortion, since many women who had gotten pregnant in unfavorable circumstances for raising a child are now aborting rather than carrying their pregnancies to term. Abortion obviously can have significant impact on a society.

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