India parents 'reject newborn girl for baby boy'

[Green_Lantern]

Source: BBC

A newborn Indian girl has been left unwanted as her presumed parents seek custody of a baby boy handed to them by mistake, officials say.

The two babies were born on the same night in a hospital in the western Indian city of Jodhpur a week ago.

The couple refused to accept the girl after accidentally being given the boy, who belongs to another couple, the hospital says.

Indian society has a long history of discrimination against girls.

The pair, Poonam Kanwar and her husband, Chain Singh, have rejected the findings of a blood test suggesting that the girl is theirs, officials at the Umaid Hospital said.

Instead, they are fighting a couple identified by the hospital as the male baby's parents for custody of the boy.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17587284

[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. "Woman is the nigger of the world."

John and Yoko sure got that one right.

[ZombieHorde]

13. What does that make a black woman?

A double "n"?

The saying is hurtful, and shouldn't be repeated.

[Iris]

14. Seriously?

It speaks volumes about women, race, white male power & privilege. I'm only dismayed at how frequently it can be repeated even now.

[24601]

15. "White" male? Only if you exclude India, China, Africa, etc. n/t

[Iris]

16. You named two countries the British colonized

So, yeah, white male privilege.

[24601]

18. Please enlighten us, and identify the white guys running those places. Oh, that's right, they

don't. Never mind - but nice try invoking old history as a substitute for present reality. Tell us again the last time British rule was in effect?

Oh, and Britian's Head of State is...not a white male, not for last 60 years.

[nofurylike]

17. please have the decency to self-edit that. nt

[Hell Hath No Fury]

22. Absolutely not.

I am direct quoting a song title. If I were directing the word "nigger" at an individual, then that would be offensive and absolutely deserving of removal.

[nofurylike]

23. "totally and utterly offensive," but your choice, of course. nt

[NOLALady]

24. As well as

insensitive and clueless.

[nofurylike]

29. yes! absolutely. thank you for adding that, NOLALady.

when i quoted from that thread, i almost added that from your post there to my post here. thank you for doing that, dear NOLALady

[Monk06]

30. Totally legitimate post HHNF. That song shook the world when it came out. Lennon got it.

[a2liberal]

2. The headline seems to be sensationalizing it

Yes, it's an artifact of a sad cultural phenomenon, but if you read the whole story all they're asking for is a DNA test to prove the hospital's assertion that the earlier thing was actually a mistake. I don't see how they can be faulted for that.

[pnwmom]

8. They've already had a blood test showing the girl is theirs.

And the mother only gave birth to one infant.

[Marrah_G]

3. The valuing of males over females in a society is a horrible thing

Eventually all those boys will grow up to find they have no one to share a life with.

[blackspade]

4. Fucking sad and pathetic

These folks don't deserve to have any kids at all.

[get the red out]

10. Blood is thicker than water

Unless its female blood.

[polly7]

5. Disgusting and sad. That poor little girl. nt.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Hoo-boy.

[pennylane100]

7. I think I will hold off judgement until the DNA is done

If the parents really believe the boy is their son and the DNA proves he is not, their actions will be the judge.

[GardeningGal]

9. I don't blame the parents for wanting a DNA test first.

The hospital made a mistake with the babies and now the parents are supposed to trust them with blood test results? I don't know why they didn't conduct DNA tests in the first place rather than blood tests.

[a2liberal]

20. +1 (n/t)

[Arugula Latte]

25. Uh, she gave birth to a girl.

It's not like there were two boys.

The parents are basically stealing a baby.

Disgraceful.

[GardeningGal]

26. Did you read the article?

Obviously, you're interpreting something that was not in the article. Maybe you were there so you can speak so authoritatively?

[Arugula Latte]

32. Yes I did. Did YOU read the article?

The two babies were born on the same night in a hospital in the western Indian city of Jodhpur a week ago.

The couple refused to accept the girl after accidentally being given the boy, who belongs to another couple, the hospital says.

Indian society has a long history of discrimination against girls.

The pair, Poonam Kanwar and her husband, Chain Singh, have rejected the findings of a blood test suggesting that the girl is theirs, officials at the Umaid Hospital said.

***

Seems pretty clear --She had a girl, they were handed the boy by mistake, now they're trying to steal the baby that isn't theirs because they don't want a girl, even though the blood test shows she's their child.

[BlueIris]

11. Awful. nt

[Sixty_cycle_humm]

12. They didn't announce the sex to the parents at birth?

Unless she was unconscious isn't it standard practice to announce "it's a boy/girl!" when the baby is born everywhere?

[DonCoquixote]

19. Hey India

I know you are happily buying out companies to try and beat China to new superpower status, and how proud you are of starting the nuclear arms race with Pakistan, but if you want to be taken seriously, behavior like this will not work.

[Psephos]

21. You have overlooked the selective abortion of female fetuses in China.

There are (at least) 32 million more boys than girls in China. In 2001, 117 boys were born to every 100 girls.

So apparently behavior like this does work.

Ugly business...it's a side of abortion on demand that is rarely discussed.

[2ndAmForComputers]

27. "abortion on demand"

I don't see that phrase used non-ironically in liberal boards very often.

[Psephos]

28. I guess you don't survey feminist sites much.

http://abortionondemand.us/

I fully support abortion on demand, by the way, so curb your dog.

I hope to see it used wisely. What was done in China was not wise.