Re: For profit Gender determination with Ultrasound (NYT article)
From: nila (namohile@satyam.net.in)
Sat Aug 25 10:49:13 2001
At Thu, 16 Aug 2001, DuBose, Terry wrote:
>
>nayana, is there anything specifically that we can do to assist, other than
>having an open forum for information?
>
>Peace, Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS, APS
>Assistant Professor & Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program
>CHRP, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
>Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
>501-686-6510
>http://www.io.com/~dubose/
>http://www.uams.edu/CHRP/dmshome.htm
>http://www.obgyn.net/us/panel/panel.htm
What do the couples do after knowing the sex of the foetus in USA?
Is abortion easily available in USA?Few years back in one conference
there was a mention of american women going to european countries for
sex determination and termination of pregnancy.I am just curious.By the
way
I am strongly against gender discrimination preimplantation,antenatal or
postnatal.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nparange@yahoo.com [mailto:nparange@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:09 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND
>Subject: 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
>>
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