I am curious to find out exactly which countries are being referred to, and if there is a particular religion adhered to by these countries.
Give you three guesses.
China, N. Korea and any Islamic country.
China, N. Korea and any Islamic country.
I have a feeling you already know what you want to hear.
Not always religion. Example: Communism and China.
There was an interesting piece on NPR (yes, believe it or not, NPR) last week about what a problem this is in India. Surprisingly, it's not so much a question of poor people aborting because they can only "afford" to have sons, but middle-class and wealthier people are aborting girls simply because the cultural pull to have a son, especially as the first child, is so strong.
India has outlawed ultrasounds for the purpose of reporting the sex to parents, but no one takes this seriously and the practice continues. In Gujurat and Punjab evidence of "missing" girls is particularly high; among young children the proportion (they said) would normally be 90-95 girls per 100 boys. Instead, for every 100 boys there are 50-60 girls.
Without key information, this article and cause is garbage.