All posts tagged "sex-selection"
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649InternationalSex-selective abortion in India is still wounding women and skewing sex ratios
Sex-selective abortion is illegal in India … on paper. But that didn’t stop 25-year-old Laali’s family from forcing her to take an abortion pill...
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13.7KHuman InterestAbandoned baby girl in India found with mother dog and her puppies
An abandoned baby girl has reportedly been saved by a dog in India, which is believed to have cared for the newborn...
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4.3KInternationalStudy predicts global loss of nearly 5 million girls from sex-selective abortion over next decade
A new study has revealed that there will be 4.7 million fewer girls born over the next 10 years due to sex-selective...
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2.4KIssuesPro-choicer: Sex-selection abortion is no big deal because fetuses aren’t people
Currently, PRENDA (the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act) has been introduced to the Senate and is now in committee. The bill would ban abortions that...
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1.6KAnalysisPlanned Parenthood plays race card in PRENDA bill discussion
In a Thursday blog post, Planned Parenthood Action Fund criticized H.R. 4924, known as the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, or PRENDA. PRENDA would make...
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2.2KInternationalIndian doctor delivers baby girls for free in effort to change culture
In India, having a son is cause for great celebration. Having a daughter? Not so much. But one Indian doctor is trying...
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2.0KHuman RightsChina’s abortion policies have global ramifications
Social scientists have found that abortion, and specifically sex-selective abortion, over a period of four decades, has caused devastating socio-economic outcomes on...
