Sex Selective Abortions: Short-term and Long-term Perspectives

2002/01/01 by Danièle Bélanger · 1 citation
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Environmental health #Global Maternal and Child Health #Medicine #Population #Term (time)

paper · doi:10.1016/s0968-8080(02)00033-2

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Abstract

For women attempting to have a son and experiencing pressure to fulfil their `womanly duty' by having a male child, sex selective abortion can be extremely empowering. Through choosing to terminate...

Citations

• Should prenatal sex selection be restricted? Ethical questions and their implications for research and policy

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• Sex-selective abortion [wikipedia]