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(Update: The vote will now take place in the House of Representatives on Thursday, May 31, according to National Right to Life.)<\/p>\n

Wednesday will be an important day for the pro-life community. According to a National Right to Life (NRLC) press release<\/a> at Christian Newswire, the recently revised version of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act will be addressed on the House floor in Washington, D.C. The bill would ban sex-selection abortions nationwide. The bill is sponsored by Congressman Trent Franks, a Republican from Arizona. According to the press release, the bill will be considered under \u201cSuspension of the Rules,\u201d which will required a two-thirds vote in the House for passage. The debate is expect around 2:30 PM EDT, and the vote around 7:00 PM EDT.<\/p>\n

The National Right to Life Committee sent a letter to House members on Tuesday morning, urging members of the House to go on record against “the escalating war on baby girls.\u201d You can read the NRLC letter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the text of the letter, NRLC includes quotes political economist Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute. Eberstadt notes, \u201cIn terms of its sheer toll in human numbers, sex-selective abortions has assumed a scale tantamount to a global war against baby girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the letter from National Right to Life, Live Action has reported its own investigation of Planned Parenthood\u2019s willingness to perform sex-selection abortions. You can see more of Live Action\u2019s investigation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite opponents\u2019 arguments that sex-selection abortions are not occurring in the United Sates, Dr. Sunita Puri and three other researchers at the University of California found that sex-selection abortions are in fact occurring due to the unborn child being a girl. You can read more about Dr. Puri\u2019s research here<\/a> and also find other resources on sex-selection abortions at NRLC\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson noted in Tuesday\u2019s press release that \u201c[t]hose lawmakers who recently have embraced contrived political rhetoric asserting that they are resisting a \u2018war on women\u2019 must reflect on whether they now wish to be recorded as being defenders of the escalating war on baby girls.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s time to take a stand in the war against baby girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGender selection abortions addressed - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gender-selection-abortions-addressed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gender selection abortions addressed - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It's time to take a stand in the war against baby girls.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gender-selection-abortions-addressed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-05-29T23:13:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-04-03T06:06:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/boy-girl.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"425\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"282\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jordan Hooker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jordan Hooker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gender-selection-abortions-addressed\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gender-selection-abortions-addressed\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jordan Hooker\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/548b6853c41b3a05dc3b25daff00cc6e\"},\"headline\":\"Gender selection abortions addressed\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-29T23:13:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-04-03T06:06:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gender-selection-abortions-addressed\/\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Human Rights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gender-selection-abortions-addressed\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gender-selection-abortions-addressed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gender-selection-abortions-addressed\/\",\"name\":\"Gender selection abortions addressed - 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