{"id":62874,"date":"2015-04-25T14:14:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T18:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=62874"},"modified":"2015-04-28T18:23:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T22:23:46","slug":"amy-schumer-thinks-aborting-little-girl-funny-planned-parenthood-just-days-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/amy-schumer-thinks-aborting-little-girl-funny-planned-parenthood-just-days-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Schumer thinks aborting a little girl is funny. For Planned Parenthood, it’s just a day’s work."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comedian Amy Schumer has had no shortage of success. The host <\/a>of this year\u2019s MTV Movie Awards, Schumer is an expert at garnering laughs from hilarious topics. Like abortion.<\/p>\n

As she jokes<\/a> in her stand up routine, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing more awkward than going to the first birthday party of a little girl when you told her mom to get rid of her \u2014 because the kid can tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wanting to see a little girl get snuffed out puts the \u201cproudly feminist<\/a>\u201d comedian\u00a0among interesting company. In some countries, the birth of a son is cause for celebration. Meanwhile, the birth of a daughter often results in a corpse.<\/a> And now, thanks to advances in medical technology, many girls don’t make it past<\/a> their first ultrasound.<\/p>\n

Sex-selective abortion is especially prevalent in China. Patriarchal attitudes and the country’s one child policy have lead to a serious gender imbalance<\/a>, with 118 boys being born for every 100 girls. However, the practice isn’t limited to the Middle Kingdom.
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A report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal described Canada as “a haven<\/a>” for those seeking to abort their daughters. And, as Live Action has documented, there are those in the U.S. who are willing to offer the service, too.<\/p>\n

In May of 2012, Live Action investigated\u00a0Planned\u00a0Parenthood\u2019s Margaret Sanger clinic in New York City. Explaining that she was pregnant and planning to abort if she was carrying a girl, the investigator\u00a0asked for help in determining the baby’s sex. As you can see from the video below, Planned Parenthood staff were more than willing to lend a hand.<\/p>\n