Selecting for Sons: Indian Women in the US

April 28, 2011

Sex selection technologies and sex-selective abortion are legally prohibited in India, where their use in the service of son preference has produced dramatically skewed sex ratios. But Indian immigrants to the US face no official barriers to using new technologies to ensure the births of sons. Their experiences and voices are explored in a pioneering article in Social Science & Medicine [abstract] by UC San Francisco medical doctor Sunita Puri and colleagues. (BioPolitical Times)