...Determination and Sex Pre-selection. - Dr. Trupti Shah, "in our society the male child is always a precious child for a mother having three daughters. To her it is of a more value. Because of illiteracy and social customs the status of a mother would change after having a male child." The above mentioned lines are not quoted form the speech of some traditional Kathakar (preacher). These were the wording in a judgement dated 10th July 2001, by the Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ahmedabad in Complaint No. 271/1993. The Consumer Redressal Commission has delivered an order of compensation of Rs. 25,000 for medical negligence in a case that involved sex determination and subsequent abortion of a foetus, which was earlier detected as female foetus but after the abortion it was found out to be a male foetus. In addition, the Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission further observes, “The loss of motherhood of only male child can not be compensated by any amount." This attitude of people sitting in judiciary reflect the kind of forces we are fighting in Gujarat. The data from 2001 Census make this point much more clear. Gujarat is among the top four states (including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh) to register the most alarming declines in the number of girls in the 0-6 years category. Gujarat is one of the DEMARU states as termed by Ashish Bose. 1. Declining Sex Ratio in Gujarat Table-1: Declining Sex Ratio in 0-6 Age group | |1961 ...
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...shelter over their heads. Throughout the history of the U.S. as well as in the world, women had to fight to earn their right more than men had to. Whether it was being paid equal to men, or holding job positions that they deserved more than men, who were competing for the same job position. Another place that has been a struggle for women is the right of abortion. The very first step toward the right to abortion was when “women who choose to terminate unwanted pregnancies, the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) had seemed to settle the question” (Brinkley, p.807). An era began, where abortion became one of the top surgical procedures that were being performed. But as time went by the question of “right-to-life” or “pro-life” raised which led to massive debates and protest to the idea of abortion. This soon led to the idea of “pro-choose”, which presented “abortion itself as every woman's right to choose whether and when to bear a child” (Brinkley, p.808). This led to abortion being legal in the U.S., but with the constraints placed by states it can be restricted at various degrees. Just like the right to abortion has been a platform of argument, struggle of asking Milwaukee’s resident to pay rent which accounts for more than half of their “income”. Most of the income of these families came from welfare, which was reduced by Clinton, leading to 22,000 families being cut from welfare. Women like Arleen, who had two kids, depended highly on welfare and “for years, politicians...
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...Every country has its own perks, laws, and history that make it unique all on its own. Different things like slavery in America and Venezuela’s current issue on how the students of that country are fed up with the leaders and are taking a stand are just examples of what shapes a country into what it is today. In china there are many issues that shape it into the populous country it is but one in particular really boomed the way of living in china. The one child policy has become, at least in the west, china’s most controversial family planning policy. During the 1970’s under Mao Tse-thung’s ruling, China’s population was increasing toward a grand total of one billion people. When Mao was ruler, Mao believed that of all things in the world, people are most import. With that being said, Mao at this point had advocated and even rewarded those “model mothers” who would give birth to the most number of children (Chai, 188). After Mao had passed, the next leader would establish the on child policy in 1979. Deng Xiaoping back in 1979 put the one child policy into effect. This was done to limit the population growth in China. The policy strictly allows couples in china to only have one child with a few exceptions in some areas. If couples disobey the law and have a second child, they would be susceptible to heavy large fines. In addition to the fines, they can also lose their jobs and create dishonor on their family name. The thought process behind the one child policy was...
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...Throughout the semester, the theme that has intrigued me the most is that of women’s identity, now and historically. Throughout history, women were outcasts to the formal configurations of political life. Over the course of the century, however, women in America progressed considerably into all facets of public life, the political realm, the labor force, memberships, careers, mass media, and trendy culture. I believe that women’s identity now and historically has progressively been revamped through the use of proper integration and successful women’s movements. Since the beginning of time, women have been fighting for their rights and fighting to be equal with men on every level. Both individuals and organized groups felt that women were treated unjustly, and they vowed to fix these problems. The peak of this movement transpired in the 1960s and 1970s, when the Women's Liberation Movement was recognized as an organized power to gain equality of women. Starting in primitive eras, women of the Prehistoric Age were first reflected as inferior through division of labor. The men were sent to hunt for food, and the women were caretakers watching over the family. This conception of sexually depicted roles implied that women were too delicate and frail to go out hunting with the men (Sinclair 184). The New Stone Age kept women's status inferior to that of men. They were still in charge of rally and farming, which led them to many technological advances in the fields of plowing and...
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...Abortion – Moral or Immoral? I would argue that abortion is immoral. Abortion is a debate that continues day in, day out, year in, year out. We have laws that have been set into place, yet the debate continues. The opposing sides in the debate each strongly believe they are right. The pro-choice supporters see a woman's right to choose as central to the debate. The pro-choice advocates see the life of the baby as the most important concern. Very little middle ground exists on the issue of abortion. I. When Does Life Begin? [1] "Development of the embryo begins at Stage 1 when a sperm fertilizes an oocyte and together they form a zygote." — England, Marjorie A. Life Before Birth. 2nd ed. England: Mosby-Wolfe, 1996, p.31 "Human development begins after the union of male and female gametes or germ cells during a process known as fertilization (conception). "Fertilization is a sequence of events that begins with the contact of a sperm (spermatozoon) with a secondary oocyte (ovum) and ends with the fusion of their pronuclei (the haploid nuclei of the sperm and ovum) and the mingling of their chromosomes to form a new cell. This fertilized ovum, known as a zygote, is a large diploid cell that is the beginning, or primordium, of a human being." — Moore, Keith L. Essentials of Human Embryology. Toronto: B.C. Decker Inc, 1988, p.2 [2] The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 6th ed. Keith L. Moore, Ph.D. & T.V.N. Persaud, Md., (Philadelphia: W.B...
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...The feminist's movement of the 1960s and 1970s drew inspiration from the civil rights movement. It was made up mainly of members of the middle class, and thus partook of the spirit of rebellion that affected large segments of middle-class youth in the 1960s.Thee feminist movement of the 1960 fought for women liberation, they had series of campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, voting rights, sexual harassment, and sexual violence. The movement of this period fought to achieve women's civil liberty rights, eradication of gender discrimination at workplace and in education centers, eliminating discrimination in wages, sexual revolution, reproductive rights and subsequently, amending the laws pertaining to cater for women’s need. According to the book the 1960 feminist movement was a major advocate in pushing congress to pass the Equal Pay Act in 1963, which made it illegal to pay a man more money than a woman for doing the same job and the civil rights Act in 1964 that banned discrimination on basis of race, sex and religion. The act also made it illegal for businesses to reserve specific jobs for men or women and also for businesses to fire woman for getting pregnant. Organization such as the Nation Organization for women (NOW), National Association for the Repeal Of Abortion Laws (NARL) fought hard under the feminist movement for the right of women to govern their own sexuality .In 1972 the supreme court extended...
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...Code of Ethic Paper There are many healthcare organizations that follow their own mission with ethical values and company goals. The American Association for the Advancement of Science follows the mission statement of “advance science engineering, and innovations throughout the world for the benefit of all people.” (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015) By following company goals, this statement can be reinforced. What are the organization’s goals and how are they tied to its ethical principles? There are 9 main goals the AAAS strive to achieve, they are the following: Enhance communication among scientists, engineers, and the public; Promote and defend the integrity of science and its use; Strengthen support for the science and technology enterprise; Provide a voice for science on societal issues; Promote the responsible use of science in public policy; Strengthen and diversify the science and technology workforce; Foster education in science and technology for everyone; Increase public engagement with science and technology; and advance international cooperation in science. Many ethical values correlate with the companies goals. By enhancing communication skills and strengthening support, they strive to benefit the company as well as society. One of the company goals is to be a voice for science, which means they must follow values that are in the best interest of the people. By promoting education in science for everyone, they prove that they have...
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...Legislation Stem Cell Research Legislation Ross Buscemi The Legal Environment Brian Swerine Abstract In researching stem cell legislation I found a wide variety of views both for and against. Legislation and Stem Cell Research has been a long running battle between Religious groups and Scientific Researchers placing the Government in the middle. Religious Groups and Anti-abortion groups claim that it is unethical to use embryonic stem cells. They firmly believe that once the egg has been fertilized, that is when life begins. They are afraid that it would make abortion more acceptable. Scientists in the private sector however disagree and perform the research out of the purview of the Government in privately funded research labs. They have been doing stem cell research in order to find cures for cancer, diabetes, wound healing, digestive and kidney disease to name a few. Stem Cell Research Legislation Introduction Currently in the United States, the history of embryonic stem cell research has been bitterly debated since shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision regarding abortion under Roe v. Wade back in 1973 where abortion was legalized. Since then the various administrations have banned the use of tax dollars for research on embryos, fetuses, and embryonic or fetal tissue, while permitting research in the private sector. This restriction has made most research regarding infertility and treatment, including In vitro fertilization, into the private sector or overseas...
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...people only view the content that they want to hear or say. Eduardo Graells-Garrido, Mounia Lalmas, and Daniel Quercia at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona have used Yahoo to try to burst the filter bubble by trying to find things that people do agree on even if they do have opposing views on strong topics. By doing this they have gathered that people are shown many more ideas, people, and opinions than they would ever experience by keeping their filter bubbles. Why this is being so successful is due to the fact that people are still using their own interests to be exposed other opinions and interests. The case study that they found the most information and productivity was with the abortion case. They chose to do their study in Chile one of the most restrictive anti-abortion countries in the world. Researchers chose to take to twitter to find that 40,000 people had tweeted with hashtags using pro-life and pro-choice and of those people 3,000 of them were from Chile. The team then looked at users to see what else they had interests and views on using keywords in their tweets. It allowed them to see all the views and draw pictures on them. By doing this they showed that by tweeting...
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...Introduction to Kyrgyzstan Location Figure 1.1: Map of Central Asia Located in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, a country that obtained its independence from Soviet Union on 1991, 31st August is a mountainous country with 95% of its area covered by the Tien Shan mountain range. With a total area of 199,951 square kilometer, 94% of the country is 3,300ft above sea level with an average height of 9,020ft. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by four countries with Kazakhstan on the north and northwest, Uzbekistan on the southwest, Tajikistan on the south, and China in the east. As a common issue of Central Asian nations whereby the borders where not clearly defined by the Soviet rules, there are areas where the borders are yet to be mark off. There is an exclave of Kyrgyzstan, a small village Barak which is located in the Fergana Valley surrounded by the Uzbekistan territory. On the other way round, there is also four village of Uzbekistan and two village of Tajikistan which is enclave within the Kyrgyzstan territory. As compared to other countries, Kyrgyzstan which is located on the mainland is considered far away from the sea. The rivers are flowed into a closed drainage systems which do not reach the sea. Despite that, Kyrgyzstan still owns the second largest lake in the world, the Issyk-Kul Lake which is located in the northeast of Tien Shan. Climate Climate in Kyrgyzstan is continental with great regional variations. Kyrgyzstan is roughly separated by the Talas Alatau and Fergana...
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...Reproductive justice also becomes a movement beyond simply abortion rights; it extends to the right to have children regardless of socioeconomic status or identity. The neoliberal version of reproductive justice focuses on family planning and preventing “unwanted” pregnancies or any pregnancies until the parents are “ready,” which is usually code for financially stable, holding steady jobs, and healthy. For many, meeting any or all these conditions is impossible; therefore, the queer form of the reproductive justice movement encourages free and accessible contraceptives and abortions for those who do not want children and reproductive assistance and prenatal care for anyone who wants a child. Beyond what Yeung explicitly mentions, this queer reproductive justice movement is anti-eugenicist and avoids selective abortion based on disability, gender, race, or any other single, non life-threatening factor that could be screened...
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...Betsy Jeanotte HIST 425 12/10/14 Final Research Paper: Woman’s Movement of the 1960’s In the 1960’s and early 1970’s, cultural changes were altering the role of woman in American society. More and more woman were joining the workforce, leaving their traditional roles of stay at home wife and mother. Women coming into the workforce also led to the dissatisfaction amongst them when it came to equality in the workplace, pay differences, and even sexual harassment. One of the biggest changes came woman of age were using birth control after it was approved by the federal government in the late sixties. This freed countless women from unwanted pregnancies and gave them more freedom in their personal lives. Gradually, women were able to get some of their basic goals in the time: equal pay, limits on women in positions of power, end of domestic violence, and equal responsibility when it came to housework and raising children. To best understand this, we need to put ourselves in the shoes of a women during the 1960’s. Her life, was difficult and unsatisfactory. She was denied basic rights, even those to her own body. She was born to be trapped in a home and discriminated against in her own workplace. But, a beacon of hope came during the 1960’s. With that hope, came new ideas, laws, and protests. The idea that a woman was not “the second sex” but equal to her fellow human beings. They wanted to be treated the same, earn the same wages, not feel guilty for not wanting a husband...
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...discuss the effects of abortion on the women who have this procedure. For many cultures abortion is a horrible act. It is considered murder of an unborn human being. In today`s society many people still consider abortion to be an unethical practice and dangerous procedure. It is a typical conflict theory argument of social problems in today’s society. It is a conflict in society because it comes down to peoples ethical and religious stand point that is what makes up the conflict. Ethical is either it right because the fetus is in the women’s body and its her choice to choose if she wants to be a mom or not. The other side of the ethics argument czn stem from religious as well it is a life and murdering an unborn baby is wrong. There are two groups of people who fight to sway the law makers to their side the pro abortionist group and the antiabortion group (Henslin, J. M. 2011). These are commonly known as the prolife and prochoice groups. Many people though when you use these terms don’t take the group seriously they considered these people radicals. There are protesters who believe they are standing up for the unborn by murdering abortion doctors and burning down abortion clinics. The vigil-anti`s think this is justifiable due to the fact that abortion doctors are taking innocent lives and without the clinic there would be no place to have an abortion. The pro-choice group believes that abortion is ethical and...
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...How far do you agree that women had made significant gains in their fight for equality by 1980? Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally on the grounds of their race, gender, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation. One such group of individuals who are in an unremitting fight for equality in context of gender and race are woman within the United States exemplified by the World economic forum global gender gap report of 2015, ranking the country 28th in terms of equality between men and woman. Although in terms of the global demographic the ranking appears adequate – impressive even by some accounts, the unwavering determination of the feminist movement leading up the 1980’s, disappointingly appears to pale in vain to the statistic. Indeed this trait of gender inequality is consistent not only today but also throughout America’s history. On the 3rd February 1870 the 15th Amendment to the constitution of the United States of America declared that all US citizens had equal voting rights. Indeed this would prove to be an unequivocally vital development in socio-political dynamic of the country, however the amendment ultimately marginalised and repudiated a fundamental gender arguing that they served no purpose other than to adhere to gender roles ministering to a man and reproducing. – The female. In perspective one could argue that the recognition of US citizenship within the parameters of voting rights proved to be the...
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...This book that I read “Letting Go Again A Birth Mother's Tale Of Adoption, Reunion, Separation, and Growth.” Smythe, Kimberley. Is based on the author's personal life and the decision she had made of getting pregnant at a young age and lying about it. When she was little she mainly grew up with her mom, her two older sisters Karen and Joan her older brother Nick and her baby sister Grace. I am guessing she was the middle child, that sucks middle siblings always get picked on, I know I was. Her Father was an officer of the United States Air Force. So they always moved a lot and her father was really strict and treated them like his little band of soldiers, as she described it.They also grew up catholic so it was a sin for her to have sex before...
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