Category Archives: Sex Selection Abortions

The Sydney Morning Herald had an article about a sonographer who was asked what sex the baby was. The parents intended to abort if the baby was a girl The sonographer says: “They said something along the lines of ‘We need … Continue reading →

Dr. Roxana Chapman describes how a woman came to her requesting an abortion because her baby was a girl. The woman was of Indian descent. Chapman describes the woman, Sunita, as “a sophisticated and Anglicized young lady attired in a … Continue reading →

Dr. Jamie Grifo, program director for New York University’s Fertility Center, runs two clinics that do embryo screening. They allow couples to choose certain characteristics for their children.  This process allows sex selection for couples who want a girl or … Continue reading →

In a New York Times article, doctors who do fertility treatments say some couples want to create a baby of a certain sex. The article says: “There is evidence that some Americans want to choose their babies’ sex. At the Fertility Institutes, … Continue reading →

Lauren Mitchell is an abortion doula who was training other abortion doulas. She gave a series of scenarios that she says she encountered in her abortion work. The writer of the article was another abortion doula who is going through the … Continue reading →

From the book The Tentative Pregnancy: How Amniocentesis Changes the Experience of Motherhood, in which the author describes studies showing a preference for sons among US families: “The libraries are piled high with studies showing that both women and men prefer boys … Continue reading →

On the Indian custom of sex selection abortion: “Better to snuff a life at birth than to suffer lifelong misery.” Sakuntala Narasimban “The Unwanted Sex” New Internationalist February 1993, 240 Share on Facebook

A couple in Melbourne aborted their baby after discovering at 19 weeks they were having a girl.  They wanted a boy. GP, Dr Mark Hobart who was asked for referral to an abortionist: “The parents were upfront and told me that … Continue reading →

“We either support women’s capacity to decide, or we don’t. You can’t be pro-choice except when you don’t like the choice, because that’s not pro-choice at all.” Ann Furedi, head of a chain of abortion clinics (BPAS) in England, defending … Continue reading →