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Is It Ok To Have An Abortion On The Grounds Of Gender?
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Following the decision not to prosecute two doctors who agreed to arrange abortions of baby girls purely because of their gender, even though there was enough evidence to charge those doctors, it seems fair to say that Britain's abortion legislation has become, up to 24 weeks at least, "meaningless".
Is it acceptable that a woman can de facto have an abortion on any grounds, including gender?
Following the decision not to prosecute two doctors who agreed to arrange abortions of baby girls purely because of their gender, even though there was enough evidence to charge those doctors, it seems fair to say that Britain's abortion legislation has become, up to 24 weeks at least, "meaningless".
Is it acceptable that a woman can de facto have an abortion on any grounds, including gender?
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Wrong. I was listening to a programme on the BBC World Service the other night from China, where in some areas the ratio of marriageable men to women in something like 28:1 - many mothers aborted girls during the "1 child only "policy, on the grounds that a boy would look after them in their old age. There are now many thousands of young or not so young men who can't find a local girl to marry. It's wrong.
Chill, I've heard nasty stories about late stage abortions which are not for this forum.
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Very true alba. It was after one too many such instances that I approached my manager and informed her that I no longer wished to be assigned to Gynae Theatre as a matter of course and would certainly not be present.
Thankfully, we ceased performing STOP's (Suction Termination Of Pregnancy) some 8 years ago.
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Very true alba. It was after one too many such instances that I approached my manager and informed her that I no longer wished to be assigned to Gynae Theatre as a matter of course and would certainly not be present.
Thankfully, we ceased performing STOP's (Suction Termination Of Pregnancy) some 8 years ago.
> I believe that its up to the woman, but personally abortion on the grounds of gender is wrong
The law is that it isn't solely up to the woman, it's at least partly up to the doctor. The doctor has to assess whether denying an abortion would harm the physical or mental wellbeing of the woman.
That is the law, and in the case in the OP the abortions were very probably, strictly speaking, against the law.
However the de facto position, as this case demonstrates, is that if the woman wants an abortion the woman can get an abortion - even if it's on the grounds of gender selection.
The law is that it isn't solely up to the woman, it's at least partly up to the doctor. The doctor has to assess whether denying an abortion would harm the physical or mental wellbeing of the woman.
That is the law, and in the case in the OP the abortions were very probably, strictly speaking, against the law.
However the de facto position, as this case demonstrates, is that if the woman wants an abortion the woman can get an abortion - even if it's on the grounds of gender selection.
The Crown Prosecution Service has told two doctors, who were exposed by an undercover Daily Telegraph investigation last year, that they will not be charged even though there was enough evidence, because it did not consider the issue to be in the public interest.
i.e. the doctors weren't even charged, even though there was enough evidence to charge.
Note that it wasn't the woman who would have been charged, it was the doctors.
i.e. the doctors weren't even charged, even though there was enough evidence to charge.
Note that it wasn't the woman who would have been charged, it was the doctors.
It is not many thousands of men who can't marry in China - it is many millions.
It is estimated that by the middle of this century there could be 80,000,000 reluctant bachelors in China. That's eighty million, in case you think I have put more zeros than I meant to put. That means there will be many hundreds of highly aggressive gangs who will kidnap and rape women, or who will invade neighbouring countries to kidnap women. Except that many neigbouring countries have the same problem. And don't think that women will attain a higher status - they won't. Women will be used as chattels. Already, rich chinese families are buying girls from poor families and bringing them up as future brides for their sons. Unfortunately, these prisoner-wives are almost always bitterly unhappy.
That's what you get when son-preference is taken to the ultimate.
If anyone wants to know where I got the facts, reply , and I'll check some titles on a notable book-supply website.
It is estimated that by the middle of this century there could be 80,000,000 reluctant bachelors in China. That's eighty million, in case you think I have put more zeros than I meant to put. That means there will be many hundreds of highly aggressive gangs who will kidnap and rape women, or who will invade neighbouring countries to kidnap women. Except that many neigbouring countries have the same problem. And don't think that women will attain a higher status - they won't. Women will be used as chattels. Already, rich chinese families are buying girls from poor families and bringing them up as future brides for their sons. Unfortunately, these prisoner-wives are almost always bitterly unhappy.
That's what you get when son-preference is taken to the ultimate.
If anyone wants to know where I got the facts, reply , and I'll check some titles on a notable book-supply website.
Abortion should not be seen as just another form of contraception so I have never believed it should be open season. It should be agreed permissible in special cases such as when the mother's health is at risk or when a case can be made that it is the lesser of two evils. That is clearly not the case where daft culture rules encourage some to skew the male/female ration for the parents own benefit (and to the detriment of society generally). If one opts to try for a child then the parents should accept the responsibilities that come with whoever forms.
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