--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: <snip> > > > > > The point I'm making here is that even if you were to > > > > > codify the banning of ultrasounds for the purpose of > > > > > determining a fetus's sex, do you honestly think that this > > > > > would prevent its widespread use in society? > > > > > > > > It would certainly *reduce* it. Abortions can be > > > > done in back alleys with coathangers by unlicensed > > > > practitioners. You can't do an ultrasound without > > > > an office, an expensive piece of equipment, and > > > > someone trained to run the equipment and interpret > > > > the results. > > > > > > Not true. > > > > > > I saw a special on this practise in India where it is very > > > prevalent and in almost all cases the doctor who provided the > > > service went from village to village with his portable > > > ultrasound equipment. > > > > OK, so you don't need an office. What about the > > rest of it? > > Like illegal abortions, illegal ultrasound practise would, of > course, be hard to do. But I would guess that illegal ultrasound > would be easier and more ethical to do than illegal abortions.
Read what I wrote, please. I gave you reasons why it would *not* be easier. The only one you countered was about having to have an office to conduct ultrasound. > > > > Of course, you can't stop practitioners from > > > > whispering in their patients' ears. But if you find > > > > that certain practitioners are aborting a high > > > > percentage of female fetuses after administering an > > > > ultrasound--or even if you found a high percentage > > > > of pregnant women who did not carry the child to > > > > term after an ultrasound (i.e., they went to a back- > > > > alley abortionist)--you could impose sanctions on > > > > the ultrasound practitioners. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
