Girl babies need love too

Last Thursday, Congress rejected a measure that sought to impose fines and prison terms on doctors who perform abortions on women who are trying to select the gender of their offspring — a practice known as sex-selective abortion. The legislation, which required two-thirds support to win passage under the fast-track procedure used to bring it to the floor, fell short on a vote of 246 to 168. Republicans did not anticipate that the legislation would pass, but saw it as an opportunity to force Democrats to vote on an issue with appeal among conservatives. The vote is a stunning declaration by supporters of abortion that they oppose any restrictions on abortion, but I don't oppose every single restriction. Sex-selective abortion is already prevalent in China and India, and in both countries, millions of girl babies are aborted every year just because they have a vagina where the parents believe a penis should be. It, along with China's one-child policy, is a leading cause of the gender imbalance that is plaguing the world's two most populous countries, and it cannot be allowed to spread to the United States. In other political news, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has survived a recall vote. He is the first governor in the country to survive a recall election.