S everal commentators on last week's revelations about clinics offering abortions on the basis of the sex of the unborn baby have repeatedly claimed that abortion for sex selection is illegal. But that is far from clear. Some appear to have confused abortion with embryo selection. The latter is regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act , amended , which prohibits the selection of embryos on the basis of sex - except where necessary to rule out a sex-linked disorder.

Sex-selective abortion



Sex-selective abortion - Wikipedia
By Debora Mackenzie. A huge analysis of worldwide population data suggests sex-selective abortions have led to at least 23 million fewer girls being born. Many societies value sons over daughters. As people around the world increasingly have fewer children, there has been a rise in families choosing to abort female fetuses in an effort to have at least one son. Normally, to boys are born for every girls.


PETITION: Hold UN accountable for babies killed by sex-selection abortion
When I use this argument, sometimes people say, "Yes, I know it's a human, but it's still the mom's choice. I'm not sure I agree. For one thing, I would disagree with the statement that "you're not really causing any harm to anything by having a sex-selection abortion [if] the unborn are not a part of the moral community. Obviously this is not a direct violation of anyone's human rights, but it's still definitely an ethical problem!



When Dr. Mike Parson, a Republican, in May in an effort to block abortion access. Under the law, a doctor is banned from performing abortions when they are based solely on sex selection.