Indian Immigrants Use Abortion To Enforce Male Sex Preference

[Nitro Fun]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/24/in...ex-preference/

Some Indo-Canadians continue to use abortion as means of “sex selection” to ensure that more male children are born than female.

The Globe and Mail reports that a new study published Monday in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada shows that the preference for boys is strongest with immigrants who come to Canada from the Punjabi region of India. Moreover, that preference does not change over time.

“It’s counter-intuitive,” said research scientist Marcelo Urquia, who headed up the study. “We know that the longer immigrants are in Canada, the more likely they are to align to the host country.”

But sex selection continues to be a cultural trait for many Indian immigrants. Women with two female children are most prone to have an abortion in the second trimester of their pregnancy, when they can first ascertain the sex of the fetus. This most recent study is the second phase of a research project initiated by Urquia, who found that 4,400 fewer female children were born to Indo-Canadian parents over 20 years than the statistical average should have allowed.

Urquia’s latest study shows that almost twice as many boys are being born to Indian immigrants than girls: or 192 male children for every 100 female. The average for everyone else around the world is 107 boys to 100 girls.

The difference comes from selective abortions as Urquia’s says nothing else can account for the gap.

Urquia says this distortion will remain the same without some form of intervention.

The preference for boys among many Indian immigrants reveals underlying gender inequities and will not change without intervention, Dr. Urquia said.

Amanpreet Brar, who studies medicine at the University of Toronto and was a participant in the study, says sex-selection abortion was a topic of open discussion in India’s Punjab province where she was raised. But she was perplexed that the practice continues unabated for Indian immigrants in Canada.

That's just all kinds of awful. Really should ban sex-selective abortion.

[Baelic]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/24/in...ex-preference/



That's just all kinds of awful. Really should ban sex-selective abortion.

At the end of the day, Cultural change will be the only way to stop sex-selective abortions.

[Sunseeker]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/24/in...ex-preference/

That's just all kinds of awful. Really should ban sex-selective abortion.

Without forcing people to answer a personal and invasive questionnaire, there's really no way to do it.

[Puupi]

Without forcing people to answer a personal and invasive questionnaire, there's really no way to do it.

There is a way. Don't inform the parents of the sex of the child.

[Nitro Fun]

Without forcing people to answer a personal and invasive questionnaire, there's really no way to do it.

Yeah, there is. Don't tell them the sex of the kid.

[Masark]

Really should ban sex-selective abortion.

And just how are you going to enforce that?

[NED funded]

Well thats horrible I never expected Canadians to be so barbaric and sexist.

[Nitro Fun]

And just how are you going to enforce that?

By not telling them whether the kid is a boy or girl?

[Sunseeker]

Yeah, there is. Don't tell them the sex of the kid.

"Dont tell them..." as in, any time an Indian comes in doctors should just deny them? Do you have any idea how fast you'd get sued over that?

[Masark]

Yeah, there is. Don't tell them the sex of the kid.

There is a way. Don't inform the parents of the sex of the child.

You presume they can't ask someone else (e.g. at an ultrasound clinic in the states, where Canadian law wouldn't apply) or figure out how to determine it for themselves (we have this repository of knowledge called the "internet").

[SynergyDarkstar]

The mom's body, her choice. It's just a clump of cells anyway. Hands off bigot /sarc

Seriously, once it's strictly up to the parents (and of course in Western culture, specifically the mother), why is one reason more or less valid than any other for choosing to have an abortion? That comes down to personal preference and should be outside the realm of the state to determine what reasons are legitimate and what reasons are not. If the fetus isn't a person, it has no rights. Period.

I suppose you could bring social pressure to bear, but then you risk running afoul of being not sufficiently accepting to other cultures.

Tricky problem, especially with something this objectionable. You'd run into similar issues for crazy people aborting due to transgender too...

[Deleted]

Why doesn't this "perfect example of bodily autonomy" get cheered on by feminists and friends?

[Torto]

Well thats horrible I never expected Canadians to be so barbaric and sexist.

*points*

Hey Endus, he said something nasty about Canadians. Where's his infraction?!

[PACOX]

You may not agree with their reasoning but its hard to argue a pro-choice stance while being against the practice. Personally against it, fine. I'm personally against it. One a state level while allowing abortions? If you want to allow it then you might as well bring in the thought police too.

[Puupi]

You presume they can't ask someone else (e.g. at an ultrasound clinic in the states, where Canadian law wouldn't apply) or figure out how to determine it for themselves (we have this repository of knowledge called the "internet").

Well the fetal sex determination is about 80% accurate anyway. 100% when the fetus is so old the only way to legally get it out of your body is with a coat hanger.

[Masark]

Well the fetal sex determination is about 80% accurate anyway. 100% when the fetus is so old the only way to legally get it out of your body is with a coat hanger.

1. What does that have to do with anything?

2. What precise week mark are you meaning? As in Canada, there have been no criminal laws regarding abortion in Canada since 1988 (R v Morgentaler). It's strictly a matter of medical ethics.

[MikeBogina]

i wonder if sjw and feminist are ok with 1000's of unborn girls being killed.



As someone who is in the middle of the pro choice/life, i want every life to have a chance, but i dont want to tell people they can't get an abortion. But this just feels really wrong. It reminds me of how girls are treated in parts of India, where we're not going to see the abuse anymore, not because they're being educated to treat women fairly, but because they're just aborting them entirely.


to add to that, I dont have a problem with people wanting to pick the sex of their kid, but aborting them based on their sex to me means you're just a waste of life to begin with.

[NED funded]

*points*

Hey Endus, he said something nasty about Canadians. Where's his infraction?!

You'll never take me alive ,coppers.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Why doesn't this "perfect example of bodily autonomy" get cheered on by feminists and friends?

Same reason why Pro-lifers don't use "Woman dies during labour while carrying rapist's baby" as part of their ad campaigns.

I don't really agree with their reason to get an abortion....that doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to have one.

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i wonder if sjw and feminist are ok with 1000's of unborn girls being killed.

No girls are being killed.

[Sesshou]

I don't see the problem. Either women have bodily autonomy to elect for an abortion or they don't. And personally, I think the reason a woman wants an abortion is none of your damn business.