The controversial issue that I have chosen is sex selective abortion. Sex selective abortion occurs when a pregnancy is terminated because the sex of the fetus is undesired. This differs from regular abortion in the sense that the pregnancy is ended solely based on the gender of the baby, not just because the parent will be unable to take care of it. Sex selective abortion occurs worldwide, but it’s not broadcasted as much in the United States as it is in other countries. This particular topic causes
Female Infanticide Female infanticide is the intentional killing of unborn or newborn female infants and fetuses through the use of sex-selective abortions. It it is most commonly practiced in third world countries and many Asian countries such as China and India. Many impoverished families in many rural areas in Asian countries often terminate a pregnancy or kill a newborn girl in an effort to save the girl form a life of poverty. If this was the reason they kill their children, then why don't
and cars. One rarely thinks of a nation populated mostly by men and boys, with a noticeable yet surreal absence of women. While this is a bit of an exaggeration, it has been noted over the past several decades that there is an alarmingly imbalanced sex-ratio. The policy has clearly contributed to the nation’s unnatural gender imbalance, as couples use legal and illegal means to ensure that their only child is a son. There are 117 men to each 100 women in China (Goodkind, 2004). In the 1979, when the
There is great societal influence on the family builders, the parents, as to their preference, bias toward the number and sex of children. As a result of this societal influence, the effects are apparent. One effect is that if two parents have two children, one of each gender, then a third is not very plausible. If a family has two children both of the same sex, then they are more apt to have a third. A second effect of this societal influence pertains to China and its One-Child Policy
for the purpose of sex determination. Similar actions were taken in some other states by social activists. Soon the issue was brought into national focus, and it eventually culminated with the central government’s bill i.e.the Pre Natal Diagnostic Technique (PNDT) Act of 1994. The Act was supposed to prohibit the use of STDs (including ultra sonogram) which were used for determining the sex of the fetus. It further prohibited the advertising of such technologies for detection of sex. It had provision
One Child Policy Over population has been a global issue for decades. Medical advances have made it possible for people to live longer and have multiple births, which are just some of the factors contributing to this social problem. Many countries have attempted to battle this issue, but none as intensely as China. China allows the government to have full control over family planning to help reduce the population. In 1979 China created a policy called the "One Child Law" which limits couples to
Korean sex ratio • In 2007, Korean announce to restore equal birth total for boy and girl. • Monica Das Gupta was sent to Korean for research about Korean balance sex ratio. o In 2009, she reports that it’s because the economic development and new gender-sensitive policies is what weaken sexist value. o The increase in urbanization and education o Asian giant country such as China and India have more progressive gender policies in place than Korean. Because of this Korean’s policy can be changed
Selective Abortion Is it logical for a mother to determine the sex of the baby before the baby is born? Selective Abortion is where a fetus has some kind of undesirable characteristics or there are too many fetuses are in the uterus and the parent(s) have voluntarily chosen to dismantle that undesirable characteristic of the fetus before the baby is born. Selective Abortion is not common in North America; on the other hand, it is very common in other countries and various cultures. Selective Abortion
ubiquitous nature of reproductive technology has caused a new discipline of reproductive ethics. One such dilemma is that of selective abortion due to sex preference. In this paper I will discuss the ethics of gendercide and sonography’s affect on this practice Sex-selective abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based on the predicted sex of the fetus. The selective abortion of female fetuses is most common in areas where cultural norms value male children over female children, especially in
Whether one can or cannot choose the sex of a future child is no longer a hypothetical issue within society. Today society has new genetic engineering technologies that allow parents to select the sex of their baby in advance. However, a controversial debate surrounds the topic due to the ethical concern on the matter. Sex selection experiments have been seen throughout history for centuries (Laio 1). The methods in determining sex may not all share the same characteristics and procedures, but the
their behavior. The eugenics movement caused for several individuals to be sterilized that didn’t need to be sterilized. Eugenics is seen more as a pseudo-science. Eugenics main focus was to find individuals whom are perfect and with the rise of selective abortion and prenatal screening/preliminary genetic screening this science is able to do what it did before but with actual genetic information as well. In India Eugenics is happening as female fetuses as well as children with disabilities are aborted
However, the killing of females solely based on their sex is not an infrequent phenomenon. Female Infanticide- the systematic homicide of female infants can be seen evident in both indigenous and sophisticated cultures around the world. Be that as it may, in India a most brutal form of killing females takes place regularly, even before they have the opportunity to be born. This practice can be recognized Feticide- the selective abortion of female fetuses. Adding onto the to the dexterous disposals
The pro-choice versus pro-life argument has been going on endlessly since abortion has been around. This argument has a lot to do with morality and what is morally right versus what is morally wrong. Here is where it becomes unclear, to say that it is morally wrong for a woman and doctor to “play God” and decide if a baby gets to live or not, or to say that is it morally wrong to force a woman to have a child that she doesn’t want or can’t support, which one is actually morally wrong? They each contradict
Selective Reduction Abortion For many years, infertile couples have had difficulty facing the reality that they can not have children. According to Nidus Information Services Incorporated, 6.2 million women in the United States are infertile. This problem leads to many options. A few options have been used for a long period of time: the couple could adopt a child or keep trying to have a child themselves. For those couples that want to have their own children, there are new options arising.
For many couples, having a baby is a blessing. Families and friends hold baby showers to celebrate the life of the expected child. They decorate rooms and give gifts in pastel pinks and blues, parading the baby’s gender. Meanwhile, in many areas of India, pastel pink is becoming a rarity as aborting female fetuses becomes a popular practice with the rise of a cultural male preference. This atrocity is causing an imbalance in the gender ratio, taking an unsightly number of infant lives, and is still
The issue of gender has to deal with the sexual discrimination and oppression of an individual based on sex/gender. Historically, women have suffered from oppression as a result of their gender as well as sexual harassment. In past centuries women have been seen as something lesser than that of a man yet in today’s society the traditional idealist virtue of women staying at home cooking and cleaning has been done away with. Today’s society has developed past the traditional point thus bringing new
disadvantages, moral, religious and ethical aspects of selective abortion, which promotes women’s well-being, physical and mental health. Surgical abortion is an abortion, carried out for different purposes, and accompanied or caused by the death of the fetus. The procedure of the deliberating termination of a human pregnancy is known since ancient times. Kapparis Konstantinos (2002) wrote in his book “Abortion in the Ancient world” that the word abortion came frоm thе Lаtіn “abortus” where “ab” means “amiss”
thousands of brutal abortions. The roots of this issue date back hundreds of years, and is still considered a contemporary issuet today. Regardless of what country, what year, what race or gender; people have always held strong feelings about this idea of contraception. Abortion is a form of birth control that is widely known and used. It is a contemporary issue that is notorious for causing grave debates. The conception of birth control is the main perpetrator of China’s abortion epidemic. As birth
concern within India. There is a high masculine sex ratio present in India, due to high levels of female infanticide. (Menon-Sen, 2001) Connecting with the prevalent issue of child marriages, the pressure of dowry seems to exert force at promoting female infanticides, and through extrapolation, sex-selective abortions. From what can be ascertained... ... middle of paper ... ...49.stm Bedi, R. (1997, August 23). INDIA: BID TO PROTECT CHILDREN AS SEX TOURISM SPREADS. London’s Daily Telegraph. Lawson
Sexual discrimination, also known as gender discrimination is prejudice based on the sex of a person. Throughout history, discrimination against people of any kind, for countless reasons, have led to many catastrophes. While sexual discrimination may not seem to bring any sort of impending doom, it causes traumatic effects on individual worldwide. It does this by affecting many aspects of a person’s life, such as their emotional and physical well-being. Sexual discrimination also plays an effect