Federal Bill Banning Sex- or Race-Based Abortions Introduced

Religion Today | Published: Dec 03, 2011

Federal Bill Banning Sex- or Race-Based Abortions Introduced

December 4, 2011

On Nov. 29, U.S. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) introduced the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, a bill that would hold abortionists accountable for the deaths of preborn babies targeted for their race or gender, WORLD News Service reports. "We see a clear anomaly in the birth statistics [among some populations]," Franks said. "It it's a first child, the boy-girl ratio is about what it should be, about 50-50. If it's a second child, then the boy statistics go way up. If both the first two children are girls, it goes way, way up. There is no question sex-selective abortion is a horrifying reality in the land of the free and the home of the brave." The bill, which Franks introduced for the first time in 2009, has 49 cosponsors.

Federal Bill Banning Sex- or Race-Based Abortions Introduced