When pro-lifers proposed a law protecting unborn baby girls from being aborted solely because they were girls, pro-choice groups fell all over themselves saying that this never happens. They claimed that sex selection abortions were a myth. However, a number of abortionists and clinic workers have come forward saying they encountered people who aborted for just this reason. In one study, the following quote appeared :
“I was devastated upon learning my second child was another girl during the ultrasound. The family name dies with my husband. He told me that I was useless. He did not want this child and I was to get an abortion. He left us when I refused, taking all our money and the car.”
– Anita
Chaille O’Neal “Never forgotten: The lasting impact of birth trauma” International Journal of Childbirth Education March 1, 2001
Abortions because of the gender of the child are by definition late-term abortions because an ultrasound can only see the gender of the child in the second trimester.
Here is a picture of an unborn baby at 16 weeks
