[mwolovi]

“Sex selection in India and China is fostered by a limiting social structure that disallows women from performing the roles that men perform, and relegates women to a lower status level. Individual parents and individual families benefit concretely from having a son born into the family, while society, and girls and women as a group, are harmed by the widespread practice of sex selection. Sex selection reinforces oppression of women and girls. Sex selection is best addressed by ameliorating the situations of women and girls, increasing their autonomy, and elevating their status in society. One might argue that restricting or prohibiting abortion, prohibiting sex selection, and prohibiting sex determination would eliminate sex selective abortion. But this decreases women's autonomy rather than increases it. Such practices will turn underground. Sex selective infanticide, and slower death by long term neglect, could increase. If abortion is restricted, the burden is placed on women seeking abortions to show that they have a legally acceptable or legitimate reason for a desired abortion, and this seriously limits women's autonomy. Instead of restricting abortion, banning sex selection, and sex determination, it is better to address the practice of sex selection by elevating the status of women and empowering women so that giving birth to a girl is a real and positive option, instead of a detriment to the parents and family as it is currently. But, if a ban on sex selective abortion or a ban on sex determination is indeed instituted, then wider social change promoting women's status in society should be instituted simultaneously. “


[ABSTRACT FROM ZILBERBERG, JULIE juliemz@optonline.net

[Adrianne]

Originally Posted by lyons

So just becoz a woman has one of the above, does it make her and the organization not to be spending time as inmates? the law states it's illegal and by the way what is this medical complicatiopn that would devoid a woman from reaching pregancy term? even HIV positive mothers are giving birth to healthy babies!

Get off your high horse!! and stop reasoning like a dunce!! There are so many conditions that can cause complications, HIV is a terrible disease but there are still others out there that are even more fatal.

[TipTip Amani Kenya]

I used to idealistic and very quick to jurge abt abortion until my chicks got pregnant (condoms and pills not 100%) so they did it very early and there was noo complication or guilt there is no need to bring a child into this world if ur not ready to take care of it

and if ur a religious F.U.C.K then just know the kid is in heaven so no guilt and everybody is happy

[Beenie_gal]

i say u cant judge the mothers who abort

only they know wat really happens in their lives

for dem 2 make dat very hard decision

[Dem Gal]

@ Lyons & Mkosaimefanyika

I would love to hear your take on the "sperm donors" responsibilities in all this since we all know that a child isn't produced asexually like an Amoeba.

And if we put all this women in jail or "kill" them, lets make sure the "sperm donors" share the same fate. It's only fair.

[Camylle]

once beaten twice shy...if one has a single abortion its understandable but 2nd .....5th time, thats too much.nonetheless abortion shd be legalized to ensure its done in a proper manner as most abortionists are butchers who do it with crude tools.
other measures should be put in place like adoption after birth to ensure that pregnant women dont feel like abortion is the last and best option due to pressures in the society.