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- From: phz@cadence.com (Pete Zakel)
- Subject: Re: aborting females
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.020908.17983@Cadence.COM>
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- Organization: Cadence Design Systems
- References: <1992Aug26.015209.22867@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 02:09:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug26.015209.22867@u.washington.edu> jnorris@u.washington.edu writes:
- >How do pro-choice
- >people out there feel about a woman aborting a female fetus because she
- >wanted a boy instead?
-
- Personally, I find it mildly distasteful as I believe that males and females
- should be valued equally. Unfortunately, that is not true in most societies.
-
- >Does a woman's right to an abortion include the right
- >to abort a female fetus because she would grow up to be a woman instead of
- >a man?
-
- Absolutely. I will not require a woman to give a reason to abort. It is
- *her* decision and *hers* alone and I would not second guess it as long as
- the decision is made prior to the third trimester.
-
- >I don't know whether this happens in the U.S., but it happens in
- >other countries.
-
- Particularly in India -- with good reason. Parents of girls have to provide
- a dowry to get her married, and some women are *KILLED* for their dowries.
-
- I find this MUCH more distasteful than abortion, and can understand why some
- Indian families may wish to avoid having a female child.
-
- -Pete Zakel
- (phz@cadence.com or ..!uunet!cadence!phz)
-
- Sodd's Second Law:
- Sooner or later, the worst possible set of circumstances is
- bound to occur.
-