Re: For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article)
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Aug 15 13:21:00 2001
working in NY i sometimes get the feeling that the leading chromosomal
abnormality in certain groups is the presence of the second X
chromosome.
ACOG put out a position paper offering that gender selection save for
sex linked disorders was proscribed. apparently Dr. Khatamee and his
ilk didn't get the message.
hopefully, the city health dept will be more interested in this.
art
At Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Philippe Jeanty, MD,PHD wrote:
>
>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
>
--
art fougner, md
A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
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