Sex-selective abortion in India : gender, society and new reproductive technologies

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Sex-selective abortion in India : gender, society and new reproductive technologies

editor, Tulsi Patel

Sage Publications, 2007

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This collection of 11 essays unravels the reasons for the depleting child sex ratio in India. The contributors, all distinguished demographers and social scientists, describe the political economy of sentiments and sexual mores that leads parents to kill unborn daughters. The contributors examine ways in which reproductive technologies, such as, the ultrasound, are misused at the family, community and state levels. In this alarming scenario, the volume highlights both the participation and defiance of the various authorities dealing with reproduction, health services and the problem of female foeticide. Engagement with the state is analysed in the light of colonial policies, the law of adoption, health policies, family planning programmes and the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act of 1994 and its amendment in 2002. Applying a multidisciplinary perspective to the problem of fewer girls being born in India, this volume addresses this critical issue with the help of qualitative and quantitative data, both historical and contemporary.

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Foreword Tim Dyson Preface Introduction: Gender Relations, NRTs and Female Foeticide in India - Tulsi Patel PART I: MISSING GIRLS AND NRTS: ETHICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DILEMMAS Deficit of Girls in India: Can it be Attributed to Female Selective Abortion? - Leela Visaria Female Foeticide: A Civilisational Collapse - Ashish Bose Rethinking Female Foeticide: Perspective and Issues - Rainuka Dagar PART II: MEANING AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE DEPLETING NUMBER OF GIRLS The Mindset behind Eliminating the Female Foetus - Tulsi Patel Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Social Context of the Missing Girl Child - Alpana D. Sagar Health Policy, Plan and Implementation: The Role of Health Workers in Altering the Sex Ratio - Reema Bhatia Adoption: Born to Live - Rashmi Kapoor PART III: REPRESENTATION, ARTICULATION AND THE STATE Female Infanticide, Property and the Colonial State - L. S. Vishwanath The Political Economy of Missing Girls in India - Vibhuti Patel Female Foeticide, Family Planning and State-Society Intersection in India - Tulsi Patel Appendices Index

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