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Re: For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article)From: Philippe Jeanty, MD,PHD (jeanty@TheFetus.net)Wed Aug 15 08:35:00 2001
This female genocide is simply disgusting and I hope that US sonographers/sonologists will make all possible efforts to prevent Indian citizens to bypass their country rules. I was in India recently and I was appalled to learn that is some regions the atrocity has reached a level of 20% of female killed. Please do stand firm on this barbaric issue. I am a very prochoice person but this genocide is worse than what we experienced in Europe 60 years ago. Please do stand firm on this barbaric issue. I am quite willing to use http://www.TheFetus.net to assist anyone with a good idea to prevent this from happening in the US. Please amend your files and change my E-mail from jeanty@pov.net to jeanty@TheFetus.net -----Original Message----- From: ultrasound@obgyn.net [mailto:ultrasound@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Rich Dempsey RDMS/RVT Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 8:12 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND Subject: For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article) An interesting story in the New York Times 8/15/01 : Clinics' Pitch to Indian Émigrés: It's a Boy By SUSAN SACHS "An advertisement in India Abroad capitalizes on a cultural preference for male babies. The pitch could not be more direct. The intended audience could not be more specific. "Desire a Son?" asked an advertisement in recent editions of India Abroad, a weekly newspaper for Indian expatriates in the United States and Canada. "Choosing the sex of your baby: new scientific reality," declared another in the same publication. A third ad ran in both India Abroad and the North American edition of The Indian Express. "Pregnant?" it said. "Wanna know the gender of your baby right now?" The full text is available at : http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/15/nyregion/15GEND.html It lists some of the US physicians and clinics involved in the practice. It is ironic that this practice is (at least technically) illegal in India, yet can flourish in the land of the free and fast buck.
-- Rich Dempsey RDMS/RVT
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