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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Gender inequality in India (redirect from Sex differences in education in India)
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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Gender inequality in Sri Lanka (redirect from Sex-selective abortion in Sri Lanka)
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 (section Sex-selective abortion)
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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Women in China (redirect from Sex selective abortion in China)
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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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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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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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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Women in Vietnam (redirect from Sex-selective abortion in Vietnam)
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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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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Women in Taiwan (section Sex-selective abortion)
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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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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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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Guang Gun (section Abnormal sex ratios)
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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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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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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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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Girl (section Sex segregation)
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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expressed a desire for the procedure to become more available in 2014. Sex-selective reduction is widely considered to be unethical in making decisions about...
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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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Female infanticide in India (category Sex selection in India)
million people. The Indian practice of female infanticide and of sex-selective abortion have been cited to explain in part a gender imbalance that has been...
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Women in Armenia (section Sex-selective abortion)
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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