Fresh concerns are erupting over sex-selective abortions in the UK after government data revealed a shocking imbalance in birth ratios among Indian parents, suggesting hundreds of baby girls are “missing” due to terminations simply because they’re female.
A Department of Health and Social Care analysis points to a “statistically significant” skew toward boys, estimating around 400 girls may have been aborted for sex selection between 2017 and 2021—a practice that’s already illegal but apparently thriving under the radar. Pro-life advocates are sounding the alarm, insisting this exposes a disturbing cultural bias that’s no different from the horrors seen in countries like India and China.
Baroness Eaton blasted the findings as evidence of “hundreds of missing baby girls” right here in Britain, warning the problem could explode if controversial amendments in the Crime and Policing Bill pass, decriminalizing abortions at any stage and potentially paving the way for women to perform their own at-home procedures without oversight.
While MPs previously shot down an explicit ban on sex-selective terminations, critics argue the current lax laws are failing to stop the discrimination against unborn girls, with the bill’s progress through the Lords raising fears of even more unchecked abuse.
The government insists sex-selective abortion “will not be tolerated,” calling it a criminal offense and urging reports to police, but skeptics say the data proves enforcement is woefully inadequate. Opponents of the bill’s abortion clauses predict a surge in dangerous home abortions and further erosion of protections for vulnerable unborn children, turning a blind eye to gender bias into outright endorsement.