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A framework for analyzing sex-selective abortion: the example of changing sex ratios in Southern Caucasus
The paper proposes a socioeconomic framework of supply, demand, and regulation to explain the development of sex-selective abortion in several parts of the world. The framework is then applied to three countries of southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) where sex-selective abortion has...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25349481 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S66333 |
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author | Hohmann, Sophie A Lefèvre, Cécile A Garenne, Michel L |
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description | The paper proposes a socioeconomic framework of supply, demand, and regulation to explain the development of sex-selective abortion in several parts of the world. The framework is then applied to three countries of southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) where sex-selective abortion has developed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The authors argue that sex-selective abortion cannot be explained simply by patriarchal social systems, sex discrimination, or son preference. The emphasis is put on the long-term acceptability of abortion in the region, on acceptability of sex-screening by both the medical establishment and by the population, on newly imported techniques of sex-screening, and on the changing demand for children associated with the major economic and social changes that followed the dismantlement of the Soviet Union. |
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spelling | pubmed-42086312014-10-27 A framework for analyzing sex-selective abortion: the example of changing sex ratios in Southern Caucasus Hohmann, Sophie A Lefèvre, Cécile A Garenne, Michel L Int J Womens Health Original Research The paper proposes a socioeconomic framework of supply, demand, and regulation to explain the development of sex-selective abortion in several parts of the world. The framework is then applied to three countries of southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) where sex-selective abortion has developed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The authors argue that sex-selective abortion cannot be explained simply by patriarchal social systems, sex discrimination, or son preference. The emphasis is put on the long-term acceptability of abortion in the region, on acceptability of sex-screening by both the medical establishment and by the population, on newly imported techniques of sex-screening, and on the changing demand for children associated with the major economic and social changes that followed the dismantlement of the Soviet Union. Dove Medical Press 2014-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4208631/ /pubmed/25349481 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S66333 Text en © 2014 Hohmann et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Hohmann, Sophie A Lefèvre, Cécile A Garenne, Michel L A framework for analyzing sex-selective abortion: the example of changing sex ratios in Southern Caucasus |
title | A framework for analyzing sex-selective abortion: the example of changing sex ratios in Southern Caucasus |
title_full | A framework for analyzing sex-selective abortion: the example of changing sex ratios in Southern Caucasus |
title_fullStr | A framework for analyzing sex-selective abortion: the example of changing sex ratios in Southern Caucasus |
title_full_unstemmed | A framework for analyzing sex-selective abortion: the example of changing sex ratios in Southern Caucasus |
title_short | A framework for analyzing sex-selective abortion: the example of changing sex ratios in Southern Caucasus |
title_sort | framework for analyzing sex-selective abortion: the example of changing sex ratios in southern caucasus |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25349481 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S66333 |
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