Amniocentesis and Female Infanticide
Links to Web Resources
On the practice of abortion as
female infanticide
--look for news and hundreds of links to items of social concern on the OneWorld news website (choose "India" then "Go")
Ethical Quandries in Genetic Testing
How are gender issues like
dowry and female infanticide
linked?
"Ancient Cultures, New Technology"
News items in the
South African Mail & Guardian
report on amniocentesis and abortion practices in India
The
Center for Reproductive Law & Policy
reports on India
Hinduism Today:
India bans Sex Determination
International Policy and Research: the United States, the United Nations, and India's reports and policies on amniocentesis and female infanticide
The U.S. State Department 1997
Human Rights Report on India
. Scroll down to Section 5 for female infanticide.
The
United Nations Research Institute on Social Development
(UNRISD)
The Union of International Association's Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential outlines
"Gender Abortions"
Look at the Government of India's
Ninth Five-Year Plan
for the official report and policy recommendations for women and children