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*Sex selection is prohibited,<ref name="cgs">Center for Genetics and Society, "[http://geneticsandsociety.org/downloads/200904_sex_selection_memo.pdf Countries with laws or policies on sex selection."</ref>  but a wide imbalance in the sex ratio at birth, especially in certain affluent provinces, demonstrates that it occurs.<ref name=bmj>Ted Plafker, "[http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7348/1233/a Sex selection in China sees 117 boys born for every 100 girls]," ''BMJ'' 2002;324:1233 (25 May)</ref> In the past it has been reported that wealthy Chinese were traveling to the US and elsewhere to evade restrictions on the use of PGD.<ref name=washingtonpost> Carla K. Johnson, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061401477.html Wealthy go to US to choose baby's sex]," ''Washington Post'', June 14, 2006.</ref>