Limits of state intervention in sex-selective abortion: The case of China

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-219

  Nie, Jing Bao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

China; Distorted sex ratio; Ethics; Missing girls; Sex selective abortion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CHINA; COERCION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 77951011672     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050903108431     Document Type: Article

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