--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 12, 2006, at 2:07 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > Abandon the female kids, I assume you mean, right? > > Right. > > > Like I said, it's a complex problem. This just adds > > another layer of complexity. I don't think the > > solution is to continue to allow women to abort > > females selectively, do you? > > Yes, it beats them having the babies and then letting them starve or > fend for themselves in understaffed, overcrowded orphanages where many > will die anyway. > > And "continue to allow" implies a superiority of judgment neither you > nor I nor anyone who isn't there is in a position to make. It implies > that you know better. The pressure to raise sons in Chinese culture is > immense. And with the one-child-per-family policy they've had for the > past few decades, many women there are put in an absolutely horrendous > position. Besides, I'm not really sure what I see as the difference > between selective abortion (my term) and any other kind? It's all > selective. Yes, there will be many and varied long-term consequences > of this--many villages in China are feeling it already, as men grow up > there and there are no women their age to marry--but apart from having > some unmarried men, I'm not sure that's really a problem. And it sure > isn't a problem compared to children dying in droves, which is what is > happening now. > > US is not a great solution, but it is, IMO, the lesser of two evils > given the Chinese government''s policy. What would you suggest in its > place? There aren't near enough interested families to adopt all the > children in China who need it. > > Sal > > No, I'm advocating not letting women use it to > selectively abort females (in other words, I'm > advocating not telling them what the ultrasound > reveals about the sex of the fetus). > > Then what would be the point of the US?
Neither Judy nor I ever advocated this. I'm not even sure that its done in China. India probably has such a policy, but apparently there are doctors that sell their services anyway. 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/
