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04/11/2014
MPs Support Motion To Clarify Illegality Of Sex-Selection Aborts
MPs have voted in support of a motion declaring that sex-selection abortion is illegal.
A cross-party alliance of MPs brought the motion in an effort to end uncertainty over the issue, with MPs voting 181 to 1 in favour.
It is understood that a decision last year by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to charge two doctors who had been caught on camera agreeing to abort female babies because of their sex, raised the issue that the law on the issue was unclear.
The alliance wanted to end any uncertainty over the legality of sex-selction abortions.
The motion will undergo a second reading in January.
(MH/CD)
A cross-party alliance of MPs brought the motion in an effort to end uncertainty over the issue, with MPs voting 181 to 1 in favour.
It is understood that a decision last year by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to charge two doctors who had been caught on camera agreeing to abort female babies because of their sex, raised the issue that the law on the issue was unclear.
The alliance wanted to end any uncertainty over the legality of sex-selction abortions.
The motion will undergo a second reading in January.
(MH/CD)
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