Sex-selection Archives

Indian police crack down on sex-selective abortion ‘racket’ killing unborn girls

The problem of sex-selective abortion based on a cultural preference for boys is persistent throughout Asia, where men in China and India currently outnumber women by 70 million.

News

Ashley Sadler

• Dec 5, 2023Dec 6, 2023

UN Population Fund defends ‘right’ to abort female half of population

According to the UNFPA, the solution to sex-selective abortions is not to protect female babies from intentional violence, but to 'tackl[e] the preference for sons through changes in social norms.'

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Calvin Freiburger

• Jul 20, 2020Jun 18, 2021

India Supreme Court orders search engines to ban ads for prenatal sex selection

The justices may also require Google and other search engines to help the government block filter sites that promote sex determination.

News

Thaddeus Baklinski

• Jan 30, 2015Jun 18, 2021

Two North Carolina abortion facilities caught agreeing to schedule sex-selective abortions

"We're not here to judge people," says one Planned Parenthood counsellor as she helps a woman schedule a sex-selective abortion.

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LifeSite

• Jun 20, 2012Apr 29, 2023

‘Create the family you want: Boy or Girl’: Sex selection advertized in Canadian newspapers

“Girls are fighting for their lives before they're even born,” said Sabrina Atwal, project director for the Indo-Canadian Women's Association in Edmonton.

News

LifeSite

• Apr 19, 2012Jun 19, 2021

Undercover sting: UK abortion clinics performing illegal abortions, ‘no questions asked’

Abortionists were taped by undercover cameras agreeing to do illegal abortions based simply on the sex of the baby.

News

LifeSite

• Feb 23, 2012Jun 19, 2021

Bill to ban sex-selective abortions introduced in U.S. House

Every human life is sacred, but to specifically target the unborn based on race or gender for destruction magnifies the inherent evil of abortion," said Father Shenan J. Boquet, president of Human Life International (HLI).

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Adam Cassandra

• Nov 30, 2011Jun 19, 2021

Is a ban on sex-selective abortion the best way to fight Roe v. Wade?

Millions of women obtain abortions because they do not want baby girls. It’s shocking, but incontrovertible.

Opinion

Michael Stokes Paulsen

• Nov 11, 2011Jun 18, 2021

‘Ban sex-selective abortion’ says Council of Europe to member states

Pro-life activists, while saying that the amendment has some laudable goals, have condemned the fact that it allows for eugenic abortions.

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LifeSite

• Nov 10, 2011Jun 19, 2021

Shortage of women due to sex-selective abortion in India giving rise to ‘wife-sharing’

A recent study estimated that up to 12 million selective abortions of girls have occurred in India in the past three decades.

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LifeSite

• Oct 28, 2011Jun 19, 2021

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Articles tagged Sex-selection

Indian police crack down on sex-selective abortion ‘racket’ killing unborn girls

UN Population Fund defends ‘right’ to abort female half of population

India Supreme Court orders search engines to ban ads for prenatal sex selection

Two North Carolina abortion facilities caught agreeing to schedule sex-selective abortions

‘Create the family you want: Boy or Girl’: Sex selection advertized in Canadian newspapers

Undercover sting: UK abortion clinics performing illegal abortions, ‘no questions asked’

Bill to ban sex-selective abortions introduced in U.S. House

Is a ban on sex-selective abortion the best way to fight Roe v. Wade?

‘Ban sex-selective abortion’ says Council of Europe to member states

Shortage of women due to sex-selective abortion in India giving rise to ‘wife-sharing’