People did abort girls more than boys so that there now are about 30% more boys than girls. Aborting girls was mainly done due to cultural and financial issues. This is nothing short of a catastrophe for the younger generation.
“What is the future owed?” is a complex issue. It’s an intergenerational compact, and the scope boundary is going to be fuzzy. I would argue future generations are owed robust human rights, a reasonably clean and non polluted environment, and the opportunity to live a purposeful life with dignity. Ensuring someone has a partner would fall out of scope.
I admit we’ve sort of painted ourselves into a corner and the deleveraging is going to be a bit wild over the next few decades.
I think what was taken from these generations compares to humanities darkest chapters. Fact remains that government cannot really control how people conceive children and it should not. Education can support people making individual choices.
