Investigation into abortions based on gender

An investigation into claims that some doctors are granting women illegal abortions based on the sex of their unborn baby has been launched by Britain’s department of health.

It has been sparked by an undercover newspaper investigation into sex-selection abortions, secretly filming doctors at British clinics agreeing to terminate foetuses because they were either male or female.

The doctors were also allegedly recorded admitting they were prepared to falsify paperwork to arrange the illegal abortions.