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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:39 PM Original message |
On BBC - ten million female fetus deaths in India in the last 20 years |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Genocide implies the killing of a person |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm afraid that in India a lot of these abortions are pretty late term. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I agree there is a morality problem here |
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MistressOverdone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Az, let me get a clarification on that |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. That would be genetic engineering |
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MistressOverdone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Ok, I see the distinction |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. They would have no race without the women, would they? |
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MistressOverdone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It seems to be the proverbial |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. It seems to be a combination of discrimination and economic leveraging |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I'm afraid that sometimes they do wait until the child is born. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I cannot imagine how someone brings themself to that place |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Some of these people in rural places are still in barbaric |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Gendercide. Female infanticide. Take your pick. n/t |
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MistressOverdone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. That is horrendous |
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Red Zelda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Before you call fetus-killing genocide ... |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I just know that if most female fetus were terminated here in the |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I'm 100% Pro-Choice |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I agree with you. This is a whole different thing. |
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Red Zelda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. So killing fetuses for sexual selection is bad |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. The caveat is that this is NOT the choice of the woman |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Thank-you HWNN...n/t |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Umm...NO... but killing BILLIONS of them is...jeez... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. NOBODY is "Pro-Abortion" |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. In earlier times, they had to wait until after the baby was born. |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I think there is still a lot of that going on, too. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. So now the REASON for an abortion matters.... |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Not a Bit |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. This does occur (my husband is from India) |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. They're already feeling the blowback from this practice |
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poverlay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. That is an unimaginable horror. Just because abortion shouldn't be legislated |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. Legalize Polyandry |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Well, if the male to female ratio is overly skewed because of female infanticide, |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. I am Pro-Choice |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. How dare you mention the sexism inherent in a culture that values boys over girls so much |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I would think that "choice" is the operative word--which is why |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. and the refusal to look at the root causes |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Thanks Solly...n/t |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. I saw a story years ago about untrasound machines in clinics even in the poorest neighborhoods there |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. They need a women's movement |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. family planning absent the gender equality. |
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pork medley (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
41. boys are considered earners there and girls are considered 'burdens' |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
42. This is very difficult to read.... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
43. The time for ignoring the gendercide is over |
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