10 Million Fewer Girls Born in India

American Chronicle ^ | 12-19-2006 | NIRMALA GEORGE

[coydog]

And full-size dolls...

[CarrotAndStick]

Yes. 40 million of them, for a population a fourth of that of India.

If America were as populous as India, that means 160 million Americans are missing.

http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/aboramt.html

Over 40 Million Abortions
in U.S. since 1973

There have been more than 40 million abortions in the twenty six years since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized unrestricted abortion on January 22, 1973.

Except when noted, the following statistic(see link above) are based on research published by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, special research affiliate of Planned Parenthood Federation of America--the nation's largest provider and promoter of abortion. Estimates for 1997 and 1998 are based on trends from previous years.

In the past, AGI has estimated a possible 3-6% rate of underreporting.

[lonestar67]

The pro life community really needs to get fired up about this issue.

Sex selection abortion in the United States is legal!

Sex selection abortion is illegal in China and India.

People are starting to come to the US for the procedure.

This is another easy win on the abortion issue with more significant ramifications than partial birth abortion.

[freedomfiter2]

I know this because I civilized my hubby, who was considered quite hopeless at one time. : )



You're both lucky, it doesn't always work out that way.

[RebelBanker]

Their governments have one and only one reason to want all of those extra men - military service. An unbalance like that is extremely dangerous, as it will allow those countries to produce huge armies. IIRC, human wave assaults originated in that part of the world.

[theBuckwheat]

What tempts a government when they have millions of extra young men? To put them at in the service of the state by drafting them into the military. Such a pool of almost-free labor then tempts the government to conduct foreign policy adventures that need consume millions of lives.

The number of excess young males in China is over 100 million. An army that size could do a lot of damage.

[Silly]

Will gay marriage solve that problem?

/sarc

[CindyDawg]

I'm really not trying to change the subject. The problem is abortion though. What they are doing is wrong and consequences are showing but it seems kind of hypocritical for America to act shocked though.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Lawmakers and women's rights activists raised an alarm Monday over new evidence indicating about 7,000 fewer girls than expected are born each day in India, where women routinely suffer discrimination and parents often abort female fetuses.

Pro-lifers constantly bring attention to the fact that abortion is a Pandora's Box; for some strange reason, the pro-abortionists miss the obvious even when it hits them square in the face.

[raj bhatia]

Genital mutilation of any kind is unheard of in Hindusim(& India). Folks in India would scratch their heads mightily if you mentioned it. None would have heard the phrase.

So much for you analysis. You should lower your voice in areas you are ignorant about.

[He Rides A White Horse]

....so what we have now is a group of people who essentially want to preside over a selective process regarding abortion. The worst thing of all is that they think they'll be able to control it.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Simple logic dictates that the killing of one's progeny violates both secular and religious sensibilities.

Playing Devil's advocate, abortion is completely at odds with the concept of propagating one's species. There is no way around it.

[baltoga]

It's not a crime, it's a women's right to choose.

[JockoManning]

Seems to me the REALLY smart parents would have lots of girls ... they're gonna be in high demand some 20 years from now.

[AlaskaErik]

Now we have two nuclear powers (China and India) whose male population is growing and soon a lot of them will be without mates.

Maybe judges in this country should offer prostitutes the choice of going to jail or going to China/India where they can have an unlimited customer base.

[little jeremiah]

You have wrong ideas about India. Female genital mutilation is solely a Muslim "custom" and primarily in Africa. Not done in India. Maybe a few Muslims, but I've never heard of it done there. Maybe an Indian freeper can chime in here.

Bride burnings are certainly a lot more common in news stories than in India.

Many people have a lot of misconceptions about India.

[He Rides A White Horse]

It's not a crime, it's a women's right to choose.

I'm reserving any comment pending a belated sarcasm tag.