'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America

Congress is set to wade into one of the most sensitive topics in the abortion debate, with a House vote Wednesday on a bill that would ban abortions that are performed solely because of an unborn child's sex.
But for third and fourth babies, the preference for boys in Asian populations was unmistakable and "could not be explained" by biology, said Mr. Abrevaya, whose study appeared in the American Economic Journal.