The problem in India is not one of pro-choice vs. anti-abortion. It has deeper social roots. The cost associated with a girl's marriage and dowry in Northern India leads to the decision of foeticide. Assam used to be free from this malaise. With this pan-indianism thing , I am not sure where Assam is now. Could someone with his hands on the pulse of things in Assam, like Dr. Hatimuria, give us some statistics? Is there foeticide in the animal world too?
Dilip Deka
Santanu Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
I have many questions:
Would a pro-choice point of view support selective choice in abortion? If parents ought to have the right to "choose" whether or not to abort a foetus then does that not include, in particular, the right to abort under certain circumstances including the circumstance that the foetus is a girl?
If not, then does that suggest that there ought to be reasonable qualifications to the "right to choose" which define the BASIS or CRITERIA on which parents may choose whether or not to abort? Is there any way for the state to implement such criteria?
Santanu.
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> From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2002/09/18 Wed PM 11:56:34 EDT
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Foeticide slur on posh Delhi / From ToI
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> What do netters think of this ?
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> Foeticide slur on p! osh Delhi
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