sex-selective abortion
While sex selective abortion allows women to make what is, in a sense, the ultimate in supposedly informed consumerism, it also can work to create a world where being female is viewed as the primary and most terminal of birth defects.
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Where does Sotomayor stand on abortion rights?; Oklahoma bans sex-selective abortions.
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Indiana House passes TRAP law; massive gender gap in China; back story behind Vatican's snub of Caroline Kennedy; Obama a "recruiting drive" for anti-choice movement.
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In her new book "The Means of Reproduction," Michelle Goldberg puts forth a convincing argument that women's liberation worldwide is key to solving some of our most daunting problems.
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TIME calls FOCA a "mythical abortion bill;" possible heads of FDA on reproductive health; getting to the heart of Quiverfull; Tennessee considers legislation to monitor pregnant women; Oklahoma state panel votes on ban on sex-selective abortions; examining scope, impact of egg-as-person legislation.
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Family planning services for low-income women on the chopping block in Washington state; Republicans should continue to support Human Life Amendment, says Bush; Arizona to allow anti-choice license plates; Christian Defense Coalition to protest at inauguration; some Asian immigrants use medical technology to ensure sons; Wonkette on teen birth rate.
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A woman carrying a fetus with high chance of deformation was denied an abortion in India. The country's response highlights the complexity of writing abortion law in a country plagued by sex-selective abortions.
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Offering women and their rights as the first sacrifice is commonplace to preserve the chaste principles of almost any religion.
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Removing gaps between men and women -- gaps in education, health, nutrition, human rights and laws -- is the only real solution to eliminating the sex ration at birth gap.
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The Indian government is planning to restrict women's reproductive choices rather than address the reasons for sex-selective abortions.
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