Human Rights

Gender selection abortions addressed

(Update: The vote will now take place in the House of Representatives on Thursday, May 31, according to National Right to Life.)

Wednesday will be an important day for the pro-life community. According to a National Right to Life (NRLC) press release at Christian Newswire, the recently revised version of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act will be addressed on the House floor in Washington, D.C. The bill would ban sex-selection abortions nationwide. The bill is sponsored by Congressman Trent Franks, a Republican from Arizona. According to the press release, the bill will be considered under “Suspension of the Rules,” which will required a two-thirds vote in the House for passage. The debate is expect around 2:30 PM EDT, and the vote around 7:00 PM EDT.

The National Right to Life Committee sent a letter to House members on Tuesday morning, urging members of the House to go on record against “the escalating war on baby girls.” You can read the NRLC letter here.

In the text of the letter, NRLC includes quotes political economist Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute. Eberstadt notes, “In terms of its sheer toll in human numbers, sex-selective abortions has assumed a scale tantamount to a global war against baby girls.”

In addition to the letter from National Right to Life, Live Action has reported its own investigation of Planned Parenthood’s willingness to perform sex-selection abortions. You can see more of Live Action’s investigation here.

Despite opponents’ arguments that sex-selection abortions are not occurring in the United Sates, Dr. Sunita Puri and three other researchers at the University of California found that sex-selection abortions are in fact occurring due to the unborn child being a girl. You can read more about Dr. Puri’s research here and also find other resources on sex-selection abortions at NRLC’s website.

NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson noted in Tuesday’s press release that “[t]hose lawmakers who recently have embraced contrived political rhetoric asserting that they are resisting a ‘war on women’ must reflect on whether they now wish to be recorded as being defenders of the escalating war on baby girls.”

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  • Oedipa

    This coordination occurred with the last LA video roll-out. Planned Parenthood sting gets posted. Rep. Cliff Stearns announces he’s launching a Congressional hearing (or — “investigation”). Komen announces they can’t fund any group under “investigation” … and the rest in history.So, given this new very, very “coincidental” timing, is Ms. Rose and
    LiveAction willing to admit that they’ve become an arm of the Republican
    party? Coordinating publicity stunts and pet policy proposals for
    maximum effect?
     

    • Guest

      I’m not sure how you can reasonably get from the (plausible) premise that Live Action releases its footage strategically to maximize the effects (which, in this case, involves coordinating it with the introduction of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act) to the conclusion that Live Action is an arm of the Republican Party.  Are you saying you wouldn’t do the same?  Does that automatically make you a partisan hack?

      The Cliff Stearns congressional probe was a response to a report released by Americans United for Life, which discusses years of misconduct (not just a single video sting):

      http://www.aul.org/aul-special-report-the-case-for-investigating-planned-parenthood

      Live Action’s last videos were released in February 2011.  The congressional investigation was started in September.

    • http://twitter.com/CalFreiburger Calvin Freiburger

      What? Coordination between a group advocating a certain cause and politicians favoring that cause, all in the pursuit of that cause? Stop the presses!