Category: Sex-Selection Abortion

By Right to Life UK A bill seeking to ban sex-selective abortion is gaining momentum in Canada, ahead of International Day of the Girl on October 11.  Introduced in February, by Cathy Wagantall MP, the Sex Selective Abortion Act would prohibit medical professionals from performing abortions “knowing that the abortion is sought solely on the …

By Right to Life UK The lives of almost 5 million baby girls in India will be lost over the next decade  due to the prevalent use of sex-selective abortions, according to new research. Academics at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia estimate the average annual number of “missing female births” will be …

By Sarah Terzo Nivedita Menon, Indian feminist scholar: “[W]e cannot hold simultaneously that abortion involves the right of women to control their bodies, but that women must be restricted by law from choosing specifically to abort female fetuses. We seem to be counterposing the rights of (future) women to be born against the rights of …

By We Need A Law Abortion is an ever-present topic in Canadian politics. It was former Prime Minister Harper’s supposed “secret agenda” and is current Prime Minister Trudeau’s public pro-abortion agenda, especially through foreign aid. As the Conservative Party of Canada [CPC] leadership race unfolds, those with aspirations to lead need to be able to …

‘This is a growing problem in Canada…it needs to be addressed.’ By Lianne Laurence TORONTO, May 16, 2020 — Saskatchewan Member of Parliament Cathay Wagantall introduced a bill to ban sex-selective abortion because the majority of Canadians are “absolutely against” the practice, she said in an interview during last Thursday’s Virtual March for Life and …

By Sarah Terzo Abortion rights groups are put in a difficult position by sex-selection abortions. They have said for years that a woman’s decision to abort is no one’s business but her own, and that no one should ever interfere with women’s choices to have abortions. But now, abortion is being used as weapon against …

By Sarah Terzo Abortion rights groups are put in a difficult position by sex-selection abortions. They have said for years that a woman’s decision to abort is no one’s business but her own, and that no one should ever interfere with women’s choices to have abortions. But now, abortion is being used as weapon against …

By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Sex-selective abortion is among the extreme measures featured in a recently launched public consultation on the framework for the new Northern Ireland abortion regime. SPUC is encouraging the people of Northern Ireland to speak up for unborn babies by responding to the consultation. SPUC has slammed …

By We Need a Law October 11 marks the annual International Day of the Girl, a day to highlight the needs and challenges faced by women and girls around the world. Among other inequalities and injustices, one violation of human rights continues to face Canadian girls year after year: sex-selective abortion. “We know that sex …

By We Need a Law In a culture which values control, choice, and autonomy, it is no wonder people dream of a “perfect” family, with just the right mix of boys and/or girls, in just the right order. In many countries, including the U.S., assisted reproductive technology has made “family balancing” an option through in …