ACTION ITEM: Sign the petition in support of banning sex-selective abortions

The United Nations Population Fund believes that over 120 million women and girls are “missing”

Conceived in a world that values men over women,

girls are being aborted for being girls

 

A 2018 study shows that, in some Canadian communities, there are 280 male births for every 100 female births

 

The normal ratio is 103-107 male births for every 100 female births

 

84% of Canadians support banning sex-selective abortions 

To achieve gender equality, we must value the lives of girls and women before birth and after

United Nations Population Fund, “Gender-biased sex selection”. https://www.unfpa.org/gender-biased-sex-selection Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health,  “Sex ratios at birth among second-generation mothers of South Asian ethnicity in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective population-based cohort study”. https://jech.bmj.com/content/72/11/1044 St. Michael’s Hospital Newsroom,  “New study suggests preference for sons continues among second-generation women of South Asian descent”. https://www.stmichaelshospital.com/media/detail.php?source=hospital_news/2018/0621