10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEX SELECTION»
Discover the use of
sex selection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sex selection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gendercide: the implications of
sex selection
"Readers interested in feminist studies, applied ethics, or social and political philosophy should find Gendercide especially interesting and informative. Highly recommended."-CHOICE
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Sex Selection of Children
Sex Selection of Children
3
Son Preference:
Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia
The book covers a broad range of social science discussions and draws upon textual and ethnographic material from India.
4
Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the ...
A shocking expose of the causes of Asia's massive gender imbalance and its consequences across the globe
5
The Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques ...
THE PRE-CONCEPTION AND PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES (
PROHIBITION OF SEX SELECTION) ACT, 1994 INTRODUCTION In the recent
past Pre-natal Diagnostic Centres sprang up in the urban areas of the country
using ...
6
The Cambridge Medical Ethics Workbook
... with learning disability or physical handicaps; enforced caesarean sections; '
designer babies' (the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for social rather
than therapeutic purposes, such as sex selection for which there is no clinical
need, ...
7
The Ethics of Autism: Among Them, But Not of Them
Another argument against sex selection is a population-based argument: the
population as a whole would suffer if sex selection were permitted to occur. The
overwhelming cases of sex selection globally involve parents choosing to have
male ...
Deborah R. Barnbaum, 2008
A different culturally sanctioned practice involving gender is particularly relevant
to genetics: sex selection. This may occur either before or after fertilization. As we
will see in the next section, different cultures offer very different rationales in ...
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Mary Briody Mahowald Professor, the Committee on Genetics and the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics University of Chicago, 1999
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Sex/machine: Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology
It may be expensive and perhaps not permitted for sex selection in some places.
It might here be asked: if no methods are feasible, is this paper a case of tilting at
windmills? No. It is important for bioethicists to stay aware of current progress in ...
10
Women, Science, and Technology: A Reader in Feminist Science ...
In short, boys are more likely than girls to reap the financial and emotional
benefits associated with two- parent families.37 There is also a dearth of studies
on sex preferences of individuals who would use sex-selection technologies.
Mary Wyer, Mary Barbercheck, Donna Cookmeyer, 2013
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEX SELECTION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sex selection is used in the context of the following news items.
Don't promote pre-natal sex selection, SC tells search engines
Observing that “India is suffering so much because of its sex ratio”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Internet search engines, Google, Yahoo and ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
Sex-selection abortion 'within law'
"Sex selection, like rape, may not be a ground for abortion, but there is no legal requirement to deny a woman an abortion if she has a sex preference, providing ... «Express.co.uk, Sep 13»
Sex-selection abortions are 'widespread'
Dr Argent said there were “an awful lot of covert abortions for sex selection going on” where women would have a scan or blood test to find out the sex, then ask ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 12»
