Michael Tooley’s article‚ "Abortion and Infanticide" raised some points about the morality of abortion. He discussed the conservatives’ ethical objection against abortion which states that fetuses and infants have a right to life. The conservatives believe that early abortion is immoral. In his article‚ he made a case against the conservative position on abortion. His case boils down to two claims: (i) We should accept that early abortion is immoral only if we accept the "potentiality principle"
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Infanticide MEANING: Infanticide is a word that comes from the Latin language‚ in-fans‚ meaning unable to speak‚ which it is commonly used as a more formal word for baby and cide child murder‚ (Webster‚ 2004.) Put it together and it translates to one who kills an infant. The full meaning is to kill the infant before or after birth‚ with the consent of the parent‚ family‚ or community‚ (CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA‚ Infanticide‚ 2004) According to the French Criminal Code the word is limited to the murder
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Infanticide and Sex Selection Past‚ Present‚ and Future James C. Gill University of Missouri- St. Louis July 31‚ 2011 Abstract Infanticide is the killing of unwanted babies. It was common throughout the Roman Empire and many countries in the ancient world. In those times infanticide was accepted because it was a way limiting family size that was safe for the mother (“Infanticide common in Roman empire” 2011). More recently sex selection has been a problem in many
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Despite the clear prohibitions against child-murder by all major religions‚ female infanticide has been for centuries a prominent and socially acceptable event‚ notably in one of the most populous countries in this world‚ India. Even today‚ the extent of the problem is measured in alarming proportions all around the globe: "at least 60 million females in Asia are missing and feared dead‚ victims of nothing more than their sex. Worldwide‚ research suggests‚ the number of missing females may top
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Infanticide has been practiced on every continent and by every level of cultural complexity. It has been practiced from hunter gatherers to modern civilization‚ including our own ancestors. When pregnant it is understandable that couples wish for either a boy or a girl but‚ it is another thing if their wish of having either a boy or a girl is guaranteed to come true. Those couples who wish to have a son and has one child turns out to be a girl seem to be in a most painful dilemma. “Cultural norms
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Madison Barlow Mrs. Burns English 10 Honors April 10‚ 2013 Female Infanticides in China For many decades China has been carrying out brutal actions among female infants which are known to be female infanticides. Female infanticides started in 1957 when China’s Chairman Mao Zedong wanted the country’s population to stay under six million for many years (Jimmerson). Leaders then came to a realization that a long term action would have to take place. Therefore they proposed a law stating that a
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global arena‚ India is indeed fast developing and is gradually becoming a force to reckon with and this makes us extremely proud. However‚ there are certain home truths we aren’t aware of or chose to turn a deaf ear to. Female infanticide is one of them. Female infanticide is a deliberate and intentional act of killing a female child within one year of its birth either directly by using poisonous organic and inorganic chemicals or indirectly by deliberate neglect to feed the infant by either one
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historically and culturally‚ both China and India are now facing a serious gender imbalance. Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion are responsible for this gender imbalance. The two atrocious practices have led to problems such as elevated rates in female kidnapping and slave trade‚ as well as forced marriages. This paper will focus on the roots of female infanticide and sex-selective abortions as well as the problems these practices have presented. According to current statistics‚ there are
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Diffrnce in female infanticide and foeticide Oct 2012 article http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-loses-3-million-girls-in-infanticide/article3981575.ece Latest : june 2013 http://digitaljournal.com/article/353738 Rural/urban : http://lawquestinternational.com/alarming-sex-ratio-and-problem-female-foeticide-and-infanticide-india India and china http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/medical/infanticide_1.shtml Website on infanticide >> https://sites.google.com/a/mtholyoke.edu/female-foeticide/artifact-3
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Female Infanticide and Foeticide-A crime against god’s will P. Nagesh‚ K. Venkatesh‚ G.V.S. Kishore ‚ D. Mohan kalyan. Abstract— One of the most developed in the 3rd world countries is republic of India. Even as India has witnessed unprecedented economic growth in the last decade the conditions of millions of Indian women and girl children continue to be deplorable .The unbelievable fact is that India stood in 2nd place in female infanticide( very after china)
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