{"id":1783,"date":"2012-01-16T15:49:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T23:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2023-01-22T17:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T01:54:15","slug":"controversy-over-sex-selective-abortions-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1783","title":{"rendered":"(News) Sex selection migrates to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lauren Vogel<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cmaj.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ\" class=\"wp-image-11269\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>Easy access to abortion and advances in prenatal sex determination have combined to make Canada a haven for parents who would terminate female fetuses in favour of having sons, despite overwhelming censure of the practice, economists and bioethics experts say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-2\">Arguing that Canadian lawmakers\u2019 silence on the issue is undermining the status of women, they\u2019re calling for federal legislation to uphold societal and professional values opposing sex-selective abortion, either through a direct ban or restrictions on the disclosure of fetal gender. They also contend that sex-selective abortion is forcing physicians to compromise between their ethical obligations to discourage sex selection and legal obligations to respect their patients\u2019 autonomy.  .  .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vogel L. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmaj.ca\/content\/early\/2012\/01\/16\/cmaj.109-4091.full.pdf+html?sid=8a442073-9c89-4cb8-8f47-6c489bb52e57\">Sex Selection Migrates to Canada <\/a>CMAJ January 16, 2012 cmaj.109-4091<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Vogel ExtractEasy access to abortion and advances in prenatal sex determination have combined to make Canada a haven for parents who would terminate female fetuses in favour of having sons, despite overwhelming censure of the practice, economists and bioethics experts say. 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