Tag: Rajendra Kale

(Correspondence) Female feticide

Susan J Woolhouse

Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ
Canadian Medical Association Journal

Extract
Rajendra Kale. . .advocates for physician regulatory agencies to undertake a recommendation to ban the disclosure of the sex of a fetus before 30 weeks gestation. This advocacy is misguided at best and dangerous at worst. . . . Blaming women for the scourge of gender-based violence is also not a solution. This is why limiting access to abortion based on this specific reason is dangerous health policy. Does this mean that some women will decide to abort female fetuses preferentially? Sadly, yes.

Woolhouse SJ. (Correspondence) Female feticide. Can Med Assoc J. 2012 Jun 12;184(9):1064.

(Correspondence) Female feticide (Dr. Kale responds)

Rajendra Kale

Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ
Canadian Medical Association Journal

Extract
I referred to a 2010 study in which Asians were defined, for the purposes of that study, as “people from India, China, Korea, Vietnam and Philippines.”3 I did not intend to suggest that . . . evidence of sex selection, disparity of infant sex. . . applied to all those groups; indeed, the results were varied. I apologize for the ambiguity.

Kale R. (Correspondence) Female feticide (Dr. Kale responds). Can Med Assoc J. 2012 Jun 12;184(9):1065.