In response to Umari Ayim's post about the practice of female-infanticide in India (poor people killing their baby girls because they can't afford to raise them and pay their dowries when they are of age), I suggested two ways to solve the problem:
1) A dirt-cheap and speedy adoption process, open to
locals and foreigners of any religion or orientation. There are many
people in the world who would give anything to have a baby girl. The
adoption process should probably include some monetary compensation for
the biological parents.
2) Legalization of early stage abortion
(up to 3 months or so) for any reason or purpose whatsoever, such as the fetus being the wrong sex. Abortion is awful, but it's not as awful as
parents killing their own children or abandoning them, or abusing them.
In other words, legalize the lesser evil to prevent a more terrible
one.
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Nice. However, India might have a long-term problem on its hands. 18 - 25 years from now, there will be a lot more young men than women. Their government needs to keep an eye out for that.
Koye
March 21, 2012 at 9:41 AMGreat post Seun. I wish my brothers in Cameroon could get the true implication of this information.
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May 2, 2012 at 11:37 AMevil is evil! an abandoned/abused child still has an oppturnity to make something out of her life! as opposed to a dead child
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June 20, 2012 at 2:58 AMI think miss shopper is right,abandoned or not,every child should be given a benefit of doubt,opportunity to explore the goodies that life has in stock,regardless of their background or up bringing...
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June 21, 2012 at 11:24 AMIs that surposed to be a law or a custom .?
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