The British may have hit a new all time low

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

http://news.yahoo.com/britain-probes-sex-selective-abortion-claims-004108291.html

Britain probes sex-selective abortion claims

AFP – 7 hrs ago

The British government on Thursday vowed to investigate newspaper reports that doctors illegally approved abortions that were requested due to the sex of the unborn child.

Thursday's Daily Telegraph claimed that it had hidden camera footage which showed doctors at British clinics offering to falsify paperwork in order to allow women to have terminations based on gender.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said he was "extremely concerned" by the allegations.

"Sex selection is illegal and is morally wrong," he said. "I've asked my officials to investigate this as a matter of urgency."

According to the Telegraph, undercover reporters accompanied pregnant woman to nine different clinics across the country.

Doctors at three out of the nine clinics agreed to arrange terminations even though the woman claimed she did not want the baby due to its sex, the paper claimed.

Abortions in Britain are allowed in limited circumstances, including when the pregnancy presents a serious mental or physical health risk to the mother and if there is a high chance the child would have severe disabilities.[/quote]

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

I wonder if the Brits got this barbaric tradition from their Celtic/Briton roots, Anglo-Saxons, or maybe even from the Normans or is this an old tradition from up near York due to old Dane Law?

Edited February 23, 2012 by Why_Me

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The Chinese beat them to it.

[DaveE 178]

A lot of Asian countries beat them to it. When I lived in South Korea, ultrasounds specifically to determine infant sex were illegal. Soooooo - they just found another excuse to do the ultrasound.