{"id":164154,"date":"2017-03-22T17:10:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T21:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=164154"},"modified":"2017-03-24T05:03:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T09:03:46","slug":"why-are-sex-selective-abortions-so-offensive-if-abortion-itself-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/why-are-sex-selective-abortions-so-offensive-if-abortion-itself-isnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are sex-selective abortions so offensive, if abortion itself isn’t?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A British ethicist caused international outrage when she argued that women should be allowed<\/a> to have abortions because the\u00a0child they’re\u00a0carrying is the “wrong” sex. Professor Wendy Savage, a member of the British Medical Association ethics committee, is an abortionist herself. Savage claims it’s not gender discrimination to abort a baby because of his or her\u00a0sex.<\/p>\n

A 2014 study found that there were fewer girls being born than statistically expected. That, along with expos\u00e9s from undercover journalists that found abortionists agreeing to carry out gender-based abortions, caused the Department of Health to reiterate that it is illegal to have an abortion based on gender. Some NHS hospitals have refused to inform parents of their baby’s sex at all in an effort to prevent these abortions from happening.<\/p>\n

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Savage claimed that these abortions are a “myth” but believes that women should be allowed to abort based on gender if they so choose. “Because of this sort of anxiety some places won\u2019t tell the woman the sex of the foetus, which is outrageous,” Savage said. “It\u2019s her body and her foetus, so she should have that information. … If a woman does not want to have a foetus who is one sex or the other, forcing her [to go through with the pregnancy] is not going to be good for the eventual child, and it\u2019s not going to be good for [the mother\u2019s] mental health.”<\/p>\n

She also argued that women should be allowed to order abortion pills online, without having to see a doctor, and that women should be allowed to have abortions at any stage in pregnancy. Currently, abortions are banned in the United Kingdom after 24 weeks.<\/p>\n

The United Nations, interestingly enough, disagrees with Savage’s contention that sex-selective abortion is a myth<\/a>. According to\u00a0U.N. estimates, over 100 million girls have been killed simply because they are girls. And while much of this discrimination takes place in countries like India and China, it’s an issue that hits home<\/a> in places like Britain and the United States as well. A Live Action undercover investigation also found abortion staffers across the United States who were\u00a0willing to encourage women to go through with abortions<\/a> because they were carrying the “wrong” sex:<\/p>\n