Posted on 01/09/2006 11:54:38 PM PST by Stoat
'India terminated 10 mn daughters in 20 years'
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"Spend Rs 500, save Rs 500,000", read a writing on the rail-side wall somewhere in Punjab, harping on the expense of aborting a female foetus vis-à-vis the cost of dowry at the time of marriage of a daughter. The gender discrimination in the form of prenatal sex selection and abortion of female foetuses has reached an alarming proportion today and a study said over the last two decades about 10 million female foetuses might have been selectively terminated following ultrasound tests in the country. Fewer daughters have been born to couples who have not yet had a boy, according to the report published in the Lancet. Researchers studied data on female fertility from a continuing Indian national survey of six million people in 11 million households. Analysing information about 133,738 births, the researchers found that the deficit in the number of girls born as second children was more than twice as great among educated mothers than among illiterate ones, the report said. "Infanticide has reduced," said official of India's National Commission for Women (NCW). "In fact foeticide has brought down infanticide," she rued. And Shiresh Sheth of Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital, in a commentary accompanying the study, endorsed this view. "Female infanticide of the past is refined and honed to a fine skill in this modern guise," he said. Sheth noted that in Indias patriarchal society, daughters are regarded as a "liability", as she would belong to the family of her future husband. The result of the quest for sons was clear in the 2001 census. From the ages of birth to six, there were 927 girls for 1,000 boys, down from 945 girls a decade earlier.
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"We conservatively estimate that prenatal sex determination and selective abortion accounts for 0.5 million missing girls yearly," the study said.
I did a search and didn't get a single match "sigh"
Where the hell would they put em? Isn't it already wall to wall ppl over there?
One can not accept that this is a bad thing if you support abortion (the right to choose) in general.
There may be a positive side to this in opening people's eyes to the evil of abortion... Already in America, blacks are aborted at a much higher rate than whites. People seem not to get it.
Not really. Most of India is rural and sparsely populated. The problem is most people congregate in a few urban centers. Same as anywhere else. It is amazing how much living space we have on this planet that goes completely unused.
Vox Day has a fine comment on this, which I'll repeat here:
"I'm glad that Jha and company are drawing attention to this abomination, but that last sentence in the second paragraph is a bizarre way to put it... it's not the woman that is at risk, it's her daughter.
There is nothing - nothing - more delightful than little girls. It is testimony to the manifold evil of feminism that it murders millions of them and then goes on to corrupt the survivors.
It is telling to note that even in an overtly patriarchal society practicing infanticide, a little girl has a better chance of survival than in one where women are given the "right" to commit abortion."
- Vox Day, 1/9/06
Feminism is not really concerned with the wefare of women and girls, regardless of how often and loudly feministas say they are. Such claims are merely a means to an end. The real goal of feminism is nothing less than the destruction of marriage, families, and children.
After our second child, I went to the doctor, and was gelded. DONE
As for the pro-anti abortion nuts on this planet, quite frankly I am tired of these tirades. Especially those whom decide to VOTE for a legislator or a judge on the mere issue of abortion. Those that do, should shop at Dunce's R Us.
Gelded? Ouch! A buddy of mine had that done, and his advice after was "DONT EVER HAVE IT DONE!!" lol. I agree on the abortion as center of universe crowd. Nowadays I refer to the Democrat party as the baby killing traitor party, cuz that seems to be about all they stand for.
If the government really wanted to crack down on these "greedy doctors" it would be quite simple to analyze the male/female birth ratios of their patients, and set up sting operations.
i just think it's ironic - over here, we have abortion rights as the main issue for feminists.... yet, in other countries, it is back-firing on them as more and more families are 'choosing' to have boys instead of girls - thus, aborting the female fetuses.... hey, it's their 'choice' right?
Billy Kess
So much for the feminazi fantasy that women should rule. There is power in numbers.
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