I am the DECIDER. I want a life not 'The Cult-ure of Life"
An infant is a CHILD in the first period of life and there is no such thing as foeticide, it's called abortion. A child born to the world has citizen's rights and infanticide is murder. Women have a right to determine their own destiny including their right to an abortion vs. abuse of their sexual freedom. I am first a person and secondly a married woman with a family. Men need to get their egos out of the way to the rights of women !
'Indian register' for pregnancies (click here)
By Sanjoy Majumder
BBC News, Delhi
An Indian minister has proposed that all pregnant women register with the government and seek its permission if they wish to undergo an abortion.
Women and child development minister Renuka Chowdhury says the move is aimed at stopping the aborting of unwanted female foetuses.
Although prenatal sex determination and selective abortion are banned, far more boys than girls are born.
Critics warn that the new move could backfire and be misused.
Ms Chowdhury also wants abortions to be permitted only in specific circumstances, although she did not spell out what these may be.
Unable to stop
The minister says a register of pregnancies would allow the government to track them and crack down on the practice of foeticide which she says is widespread in parts of northern India.
Despite the ban on prenatal sex determination, the government has been unable to prevent the selective abortion of female foetuses and the practice of female infanticide.
According to the last national census, for every 1,000 boys, there are only 927 girls in India.
But critics say the new move is an infringement on personal freedom and could also be misused.
Bayer says oral contraceptive YAZ receives approval in the Netherlands (click here)
07.12.07, 4:01 AM ET
FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Bayer AG said its low-dose oral contraceptive YAZ received regulatory approval in the Netherlands, both for preventing unwanted pregnancies and treating acne.
This regulatory nod -- the first in Europe -- will serve as a reference in the EU mutual recognition procedure that Bayer (nyse: BAY - news - people ) plans to launch in order to gain Europe-wide marketing approval.
YAZ has been on the US market since April 2006 and posts the highest growth rate among brand-name contraceptives.
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