On Thursday 31 May 2012, a federal bill presented by the Republican representative Trent Francks from Arizona aimed at prohibiting abortions for the purposes of “sex selection” was rejected by the House of Representatives, which has a Republican majority. In the United States, four States have already adopted this type of legislation.
On the eve of the vote, the secretary of the Press Department of the White House, Jamie Smith, stated that “the administration opposes gender discrimination in all forms.” However, she added that the administration was against the bill because “the government should not intrude in medical decisions or private family matters in this way.”
Nevertheless, according to Nicholas Eberstadt, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, “sex-selection abortions are increasing in the United States, particularly in the Asian immigrant community.”
washingtonpost.com (Ed O’Keefe) 31/05/12 – lifenews.com (Steven Ertelt) 31/05/12 – AFP 31/05/12 – elle.fr 01/06/12
