Abortion: Gender claims probed by Department of Health
published by lollywood on 23 February, 2012 - 19:28
The Department of Health has launched an inquiry into claims that doctors agreed to carry out abortions on the grounds of the sex of unborn babies.
The Daily Telegraph said it had secretly filmed doctors at a number of British abortion clinics.
The doctors are said to have agreed to terminate foetuses when women did not want their baby because of its gender.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said sex selection was "illegal and morally wrong" and he had ordered an inquiry