For Immediate Release
June 22, 2007

Physicians condemn prenatal sex selection and state-sponsored promotion of abortion

(OTTAWA) - Canadian Physicians for Life endorses the alarm of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada about sex selection blood test kits that could promote sex selection abortion as early as 6 weeks after conception. 

Our society is defenseless against the abuse of this technology. We have adopted the custom of providing abortions for any reason or no reason at all, so there is no rational objection to providing abortions for abhorrent reasons. We are desperately insecure about recognizing good and rejecting bad decisions.

The only real defense of the unborn child is in the heart of the mother. The time has come, in this era of unsustainably low fertility and a growing recognition of the harm done by abortion, for the state to actively publicize the harm of abortion and actively promote families. The legal status of abortion does not have to change for many lives to be saved and many women to be encouraged through the great challenges of pregnancy. The promotion of abortion by misguided apostles of self-fulfillment should be recognized for what it is – really, really bad advice. 

As usual, our politicians make a virtue of leading by following. But at some point our elected leaders may decide that, at the very least, the Canadian government should stop promoting misinformation supplied by abortion advocacy organizations that, in their zeal to promote unlimited access to publicly funded "abortion on demand," withhold important information about abortion's link to increased risk of future premature deliveries, infertility, chronic pelvic infections, future dangerous tubal pregnancies, breast cancer, depression, self-harm, and suicide.

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For further comment, please contact:
Will Johnston, MD
President, Canadian Physicians for Life
ph: 613-728-5433
email: info@physiciansforlife.ca