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    Sex-selective abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of the infant. The selective abortion of female fetuses...
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  • Sex-selective abortion is the act of aborting a child due to its predicted sex. This practice gained popularity in the mid-1980s to early 1990s in South...
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  • the high sex ratio in China result from a combination of strong son preference, the one-child policy, easy access to sex-selective abortion, food scarcity...
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  • elective abortions are legal after 14 weeks. Although sex-selective abortions are illegal nationwide, they were previously commonplace, leading to a sex-ratio...
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  • Since 2016, when a law banning sex-selective abortion was passed, mandatory counseling is required before abortion along with a three-day waiting period...
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  • Selective abortion may refer to: Sex-selective abortion When a genetic test is performed that detects an undesirable trait; see genetics and abortion...
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    men, sex-selective abortions, infanticides, aging, gendercide, problems with birth registration and sex differences in life expectancy. Human sex ratios...
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  • the opposite sex, has led to the continuation of India's strong preference for male children. Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion are adopted...
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    inequalities affect many aspects of women's lives, starting with sex-selective abortions and male preferences, then education and schooling in childhood...
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    one-child-policy have led to a high rate of sex-selective abortion in China. Therefore, mainland China has a highly masculine sex ratio. Amartya Sen, the Nobel Prize-winning...
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    effects of sex-selective abortion and abandonment of female infants: Multiple research studies have also found that sex-selective abortion – where a woman...
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    the idea of having daughters. Sex-selective abortion - the practice of terminating a pregnancy based upon the female sex of the fetus - is happening in...
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  • girls.[vague] Feticide Sex-selective abortion Childless Hundred Days Baby hatch Pike, Gregory K. (2022-10-19). "Coerced Abortion – The Neglected Face of...
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    Balochistan (sex ratio: 1.10) and Islamabad (sex ratio: 1.11). There is a documented practice of female infanticide, sex-selective abortion, and abandonment...
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    leads to the abortion of female offspring. As of late 20th century, economist Amartya Sen has noted the recent advent of sex-selective abortions to further...
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    Although this provision does not explicitly mention abortion, it potentially prohibits sex-selective abortions that are largely the result of the preference...
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  • compulsory abortion or sex-selective abortion. In cultures where there is a preference for male children, some women have sex selective abortions, which have...
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    have been improved. India has a highly skewed sex ratio, which is attributed to sex-selective abortion and female infanticide affecting approximately...
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  • employed as a means to predetermine the sex of the fetus, thus began the tendency of sex-selective abortions. The tradition to wed and settle down at...
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  • considerably skewed by factors such as the age of mother at birth and by sex-selective abortion and infanticide. Exposure to pesticides and other environmental...
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    Gender Equality in Employment". As in other parts of East Asia, sex-selective abortion is reported to happen in Taiwan. The Department of Health has taken...
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    Amniocentesis (category Prenatal sex discernment)
    evidence for sex selective abortion. India and China have made prenatal sex determination illegal in an effort to prevent sex-selective abortion. In India...
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    Sex-selective abortions have totaled approximately 4.2-12.1 million from 1980 to 2010. There was a greater increase in the number of sex-selective abortions...
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  • A theory regarding the effect of legalized abortion on crime (often referred to as the Donohue–Levitt hypothesis) is a controversial hypothesis about the...
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  • way to have an abortion in Nigeria is if having the child is going to put the mother's life in danger. However, sex-selective abortion has long had acceptance...
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  • by sex ratio Lost boys (polygamy) Female foeticide in India Female Infanticide in India Sexy son hypothesis Asian Culture Sex Selective Abortions "India's...
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    one-child policy was largely responsible for an unbalanced sex ratio. Sex-selective abortion, as well as rejection of girl children is common. The Dying...
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  • Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025,[update] marriage between same-sex couples...
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    month. Women from across the country arrived seeking treatment. Sex-selective abortion is reported as being a problem in the country, due to patriarchal...
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    Sexism (redirect from Sex discrimination)
    result of infanticide. Sex-selective abortion involves terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of the baby. The abortion of female fetuses is...
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