CHANGE: “Pent-up Demand” for Sex-Selective Abortions Could Soon Be Unleashed. “Sex-selective abortion is a nearly intractable problem for American liberalism, because it brings two of its key values into conflict: the right to unrestricted abortion and female liberation and advancement. If sex-selective abortions are set to rise even more, throwing this conflict into sharper relief, liberalism may have an intellectual crisis on its hands.” It wouldn’t be a problem if people were selectively aborting boys.