Wouldn't abortion just because it is a girl child amount to murder?
>From: D Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Santanu Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Foeticide slur on posh Delhi / From ToI >Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:01:36 -0700 (PDT) > > >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 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. > > > > > From: Chan Mahanta > > Date: 2002/09/18 Wed PM 11:56:34 EDT > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Foeticide slur on posh Delhi / From ToI > > > > What do netters think of this ? > > > > > > Foeticide slur on posh Delhi > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
