It is beyond simply valuing them more for cultural reasons; I read a while ago that the dowry expected of an Indian father can be three years’ salary. When the government tried outlawing sex-selective abortion a few years ago, doctors that tried to abide by the ruling soon found their neighborhoods had an increased number of abandoned, strangled female babies lying around.
Abortion is murder; any supporter trying to make the case why murdering a female child is worse than murdering a male child is engaging in wishful thinking. De-sensitized people couldn’t care less..
Let the market operate. In a shortage of girls, girls fathers can say "No dowry. You want a wife for your son or not?". In a serious shortage, the GROOM pays a dowry.
Well I wasn’t saying that killing a female child is worse than killing a male child, it’s all horrific.