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SEX SELECTION ABORTION IN KAZAKHSTAN: UNDERSTANDING A CULTURAL JUSTIFICATION
Author(s) -
COOLEY DENNIS,
CHESNOKOVA IRINA
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
developing world bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1471-8847
pISSN - 1471-8731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2011.00303.x
Subject(s) - kazakh , abortion , sex selection , morality , selection (genetic algorithm) , sociology , gender studies , political science , criminology , law , demography , pregnancy , biology , philosophy , linguistics , genetics , artificial intelligence , computer science
The topic of abortion has been extensively researched, and the research has produced a large number of arguments and discussions. Missing in the literature, however, are discussions of practices in some areas of the Developing or Third World. In this paper, we examine the morality of sex selection abortions in Kazakhstan's Kazakh culture, and argue that such abortions can be ethically justified based, in part, on the unique perspectives of Kazakh culture.