Bill C-233 (Historical)

Sex-selective Abortion Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion)

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

Sponsor

Cathay Wagantall Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of June 2, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to make it an offence for a medical practitioner to perform an abortion knowing that the abortion is sought solely on the grounds of the child’s genetic sex. It also requires the Minister of Health, after consultation with representatives of the provincial governments responsible for health, to establish guidelines respecting information provided by a medical practitioner in relation to a request for an abortion.

Similar bills

C-233 (43rd Parliament, 1st session) Sex-selective Abortion Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-233s:

C-233 (2022) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (violence against an intimate partner)

C-233 (2016) Law National Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias Act

C-233 (2013) Poverty Elimination Act

C-233 (2011) Poverty Elimination Act

C-233 (2010) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase for regional rate of unemployment)

Votes

June 2, 2021 Failed 2nd reading of Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion)

Sex-Selective Abortion ActPrivate Members' Business

June 2nd, 2021 / 3:45 p.m.

The Speaker Anthony Rota

I declare the motion defeated.