Girl Babies Wanted
Abstract
To the Editor.—
In her recent note, "No One Wants Girls Except..." (1983;249:2305), Dr Press concludes with the hope that, "with some consciousness raising, there will be more people who would gladly welcome female children."
In recent years, I have asked pregnant women, whose conditions I have routinely evaluated in our adolescent obstetrics clinic, whether they preferred a boy or a girl. The fact that 83 voiced preference for a girl and 58 preferred to have a boy...