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Re: For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article) From: dr nayana parange (nparange@yahoo.com) Wed Aug 15 22:07:17 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: marketing: "Medical Job Site" Previous message: Terry J DuBose: "Re: For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article)" In reply to: Rich Dempsey RDMS/RVT : "For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article)" Next in thread: DuBose, Terry: "Re: For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article)" Hello everybody! u have brought up a subject very close to my heart and in fact it is THE mission of my life to try and curb this practice and make our people aware about the dangers of the altered sex ratio.In my area where I practise,this trend is rampant as people are willing to shell out any amount of money for usg-sex determination and this trend is seen among educated people as well.Actually,this is all because there is a discrimination against women in most of the communities and there is this "Dowry"which has to be given when a girl gets married.Thats why many unscrupulous practitioners try to advertise by telling that "spend rs 500 now instead of rs 5 lacs later!"Many times,the woman undergoing thas procedure does not have any say or any choice in the matter as the family pressure is enormous.There is a law in India prohibiting this heinous crime but since nothing is given in writing to the patient,it is really hard to nab anyone. you can see the article at url-http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/170601/dtLNAT02.asp The situation is really depressing as the patients are happy as long as it is a male fetus,In fact,there was a couple who had confirmed elsewhere that it was a male fetus and they came to me to evaluate the fetus for a routine USG exam and the fetus turned out to have multiple structural anomalies.yet they did not mind as long as it was a male fetus!very frustrating and depressing situation! thanks for your valuable time and taking interest in this issue,all the help is welcome1i would really like to know how to put an end to this situation.with regards,nayana-india At Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Rich Dempsey RDMS/RVT wrote: > >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 > Next message: marketing: "Medical Job Site" Previous message: Terry J DuBose: "Re: For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article)" In reply to: Rich Dempsey RDMS/RVT : "For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article)" Next in thread: DuBose, Terry: "Re: For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article)"

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