I'm guessing this was their last option to resolve the growing problem they have regarding a declining female population. See, families were stuck with one kid and would keep boys. Now the boys are growing up, and there's no women to date.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
So most families go from one boy to two of them. This'll make the problem twice as bad.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."