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for their efforts to outlaw abortion, ban gay marriages and enforce traditional family values, Cohen is also disappointed with the Democrats who are afraid that being culturally progressive might cost them voters in elections. She hopes Obama will eventually stand up more forcefully on such issues. The sexual fundamentalists, as Cohen calls this minority group, does not represent the majority of Americans. It seems that understanding US politics is as hard for us as it is for Americans to understand China39。s family planning policy. To me, the family planning policy makes sense, but the sexual counterrevolution Cohen describes in her book does not. BEIJING China kicked off a nationwide campaign to significantly curb nonmedical sex determinations and sexselective abortions to balance the gender ratio, according to a working conference held on Tuesday.The campaign was jointly launched by the National Population and Family Planning Commission, Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Public Security, All China Women39。s Federation, State Food and Drug Administration, and People39。s Liberation Army General Logistics Department.The conference was also held to mobilize local governments, as it was videoconferenced in 1,125 counties across the nation.During the eightmonth campaign from August 2011 to March 2012, efforts will be made to raise awareness of gender equality, to severely punish those involved in cases of nonmedical sex determinations and sexselective abortions, and to strengthen monitoring.Doctors who violate the ban will be stripped of licenses or penalized, and involved medical institutions will also be given harsh punishments, said Liu Qian, vice minister of the MOH.China39。s gender ratio stands at a relatively high level, males for every 100 females in 2010, according to census data.Li Bin, minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, said nonmedical sex determinations and sexselective abortions were the main causes of gender imbalance.The country has implemented family planning policies for about three decades that have restricted urban couples to just one child, while ethnic minority families are permitted to have more children.