HA! - the only safe contraception would be total chastity. I would want to see that work.
But my predecessor is right in presuming that there are reasons "pro". If only because it is the lesser evil to killing unwanted female children after birth, which undoubtedly happened before scientific methods allowed avoiding this. Or to condemn her to a life of an unmarried woman?
The society there being what it is, it would be hypocritical to assume that it does not happen. And is it not more humane to abort than to put a grown woman into a conflict of conscience by seeing her parents ruining themselves in order to preserve the good tradition of passing on the family assets to the next generation early, for it to work with and ensure the after next generation's future and growth, rather than keeping it for themselves?
Of course there are those who consider it selfish to try and avoid the spending of a fortune by aborting a female child, but would preserve the chance of getting a sizeable dowry into the family fortune through a male child. But then this is the way to build the possibility of having females in the future in order allow the balance required for the prosperity and growth of future generations.
<end of speech by the devil's advocate> (you beat me this time, Womble <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />)
In times of crisis it is of the utmost importance not to lose your head (Marie Antoinette)
