On Day 10 of prayer for the voiceless, we are asked to pray for China. Because of its traditional preference for boy babies, combined with the single-child policy, China now has a gender imbalance that is thought to be the longest-lasting and the most severe in the world, with 120 boys for every 100 girls in 1996. This is due to selective abortion and female infanticide.
Lord, I bring China and her people before you and plead for them that you will help them to recognise what is happening in their society and appreciate the value and importance of bringing babies of both sexes into the world.
I pray for all human life to be welcomed with joy, cherished and respected, in China and across the world. Lord, may no baby be less than totally welcomed and rejoiced over on account of his or her sex.
A relevant web site for information is:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5953508
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