Lawmaker to propose ban on gender-biased abortion

A ruling Kuomintang lawmaker said Saturday that he will propose a law amendment barring women from receiving abortions on the grounds of the gender of the fetus, in light of the growing disparity between the numbers of girls and boys born in recent years.

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