Infanticide and Abortion: Different Responses to Similar Circumstances?

Location

CSU

Student's Major

Anthropology

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Winifred L. Mitchell

Mentor's Department

Anthropology

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

Anthropologists report that infanticide is a culturally accepted practice in many societies. However, societies that practice infanticide have strict rules, about the circumstances under which it is acceptable. Infanticide is most often a culturally accepted practice among non-industrialized societies. Industrialized societies frown on infanticide; for most industrialized societies induced abortion is culturally accepted under certain circumstances. I will guide you through the similarities and differences in the circumstances that lead to the acceptance of infanticide in non-industrialized societies or the acceptance of abortion in an industrialized society.

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Infanticide and Abortion: Different Responses to Similar Circumstances?

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Anthropologists report that infanticide is a culturally accepted practice in many societies. However, societies that practice infanticide have strict rules, about the circumstances under which it is acceptable. Infanticide is most often a culturally accepted practice among non-industrialized societies. Industrialized societies frown on infanticide; for most industrialized societies induced abortion is culturally accepted under certain circumstances. I will guide you through the similarities and differences in the circumstances that lead to the acceptance of infanticide in non-industrialized societies or the acceptance of abortion in an industrialized society.