Date: Fri, 20 Oct 95 21:57 EDT
To: ppn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU
From: "Michael.Chamberland" <23274MJC@MSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Press Clips
>  India's population plan falls short - survey  By Nelson Graves  NEW DELHI,
> Oct 19 (Reuter) - India's unrelenting emphasis on female sterilisation as a
> means of birth control is hampering efforts to rein in rampant population
> growth, according to a path-breaking study released on Thursday.  The

I do not understand this statement.  Does it suggest that female sterilization
is not effective in combatting India's population growth?  Why not?


> births.  It also highlights the plight of girls, who die at an alarmingly
> higher rate than boys, apparently because of a stubborn preference among man
> couples for boys. The survey concludes that "women's status in India is stil
> poor."  The central conclusion relates to India's efforts to control its

Isn't there a chemical or physical technique which can select for Y-chromosome
sperm?  How costly and effective is this technique?  If such a method could
be made available to cultures which prefer male children, it could allow them
to produce the male children they want.  Discrimination?  Yes, but I'd say
that discrimination against X-chromosome sperm is preferable to discrimination
against unwanted children.  Fewer women in the population could ultimately
result in slower population growth, and might not a shortage of women
make the culture place a higher value on them?

Michael Chamberland