VANCOUVER, Aug 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Dr. Masood Khatamee of New York and Dr. John Stephens of Washington and other ultrasound experts in the United States have come under fire for advertising in Indo-Canadian papers offering gender selection. The ads offer to identify the sex of the baby in utero.
The practice of aborting baby girls in India has caused a widespread demographic problem with far too few women being born compared to men. Thus, Indo-Canadian community leaders have condemned the ads in their community papers as promoting sex-selective abortions.
See the National Post coverage: https://www.nationalpost.com/news/national/story.html?f=/stories/20010816/648609.html