Disability-selective abortion: denying human rights to make a "perfect world"?

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1.	Title	Title of document	Disability-selective abortion: denying human rights to make a “perfect world”?

2.	Creator	Author's name, affiliation, country	Kiran Gupta; Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management Tata Institute of Social Sciences, VN Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, India; IN

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4.	Description	Abstract	This is with reference to the article on the impact of UNCRPD on the status of persons with disabilities by Smitha Nizar. I appreciate the author's take on the controversial issue of disability-selective abortions. The article discusses the ethical dilemmas of using medical technologies to terminate foetuses diagnosed with disabilities. It also highlights the paradigm shift from the perspective of looking at people with disability as needing charity and welfare to one which recognises their rights and empowerment.

5.	Publisher	Organizing agency, location	Forum for Medical Ethics Society

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7.	Date	(YYYY-MM-DD)	2016-11-30

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10.	Identifier	Uniform Resource Identifier	https://ijme.in/articles/disability-selective-abortion-denying-human-rights-to-make-a-perfect-world/

11.	Source	Title; vol., no. (year)	Indian Journal of Medical Ethics;: The ethics movement in India

12.	Language	English=en	en

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