Baby girls targeted for abortion in Canada

  Canada has become “a haven for parents who would terminate female fetuses in favour of having sons” because of the country’s advanced prenatal testing and easy access to abortion. Outrage over the growing trend of female feticide in Canada is certainly understandable but unless our politicians are willing to deal with the abortion issue, our nation will continue to permit this gender based racism. Is this the kind of Canada we want? See National Post article below: Keep sex of fetuses a secret to prevent selective abortion of girls: journal Agence France-Presse  Jan 16, 2012 While few studies have been done to assess how frequent the practice may be among immigrant communities in Canada, and editorial in [...]