--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > Judy, are you advocating banning ultrasound? > > No, I'm advocating not letting women use it to > selectively abort females (in other words, I'm > advocating not telling them what the ultrasound > reveals about the sex of the fetus).
...and out of every 100 women who want to know the sex of their child, how many of those do you think your proposed law will prevent from doing this? > That > doesn't change your point, just wanted to make > sure mine was clear. Ultrasound is an important > tool for other reasons. > > Because if so, then > > you've got a whole new set of problems, which is also happening in > > China for those women who didn't find out the sex of their child, > > (or couldn't get an abortion) and then simply abandon the kids in > > droves--to the tune of over a million a year. > > Abandon the female kids, I assume you mean, right? > > Like I said, it's a complex problem. This just adds > another layer of complexity. I don't think the > solution is to continue to allow women to abort > females selectively, do you? > > Do you have any ideas for a better solution? This > is the least-bad one I've heard (Lawson suggested > it initially), given the overall situation in China. > > > > > > > > Sal > > > > > > On Aug 12, 2006, at 10:42 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > It would certainly *reduce* it. Abortions can be > > > done in back alleys with coathangers by unlicensed > > > practitioners. You can't do an ultrasound without > > > an office, an expensive piece of equipment, and > > > someone trained to run the equipment and interpret > > > the results. > > > > > > Of course, you can't stop practitioners from > > > whispering in their patients' ears. But if you find > > > that certain practitioners are aborting a high > > > percentage of female fetuses after administering an > > > ultrasound--or even if you found a high percentage > > > of pregnant women who did not carry the child to > > > term after an ultrasound (i.e., they went to a back- > > > alley abortionist)--you could impose sanctions on > > > the ultrasound practitioners. > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
