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Sex Selection In The United States And India: A Contextualist Feminist Approach, Sital Kalantry
Sex Selection In The United States And India: A Contextualist Feminist Approach, Sital Kalantry
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Seven states in the United States have passed sex selection abortion bans, bills are pending in several other states, and a bill has been reintroduced in the U.S. Congress. In analyzing state legislative hearings, this article documents how the wide-spread practice of sex selection in other countries, particularly India and China, is being used by anti-abortion groups as a way to restrict women's right to autonomy in the United States. The dominant feminist paradigm in the United States takes a universal position on sex selection bans - these bans contravene women's right to autonomy and should not be permitted in …