Mr. Speaker, on behalf of residents of British Columbia and Alberta, I would like to present a petition today.
The petitioners note that Canada is a nation that has long promoted the right to equal protection and equal benefits of the law and that preventing the birth of baby girls through sex-selective abortion is an affront to the dignity and equality of women and girls. They also note that sex selective abortions have denied millions of girls in Canada and throughout the world the chance to be born, merely because they are girls.
The petitioners call upon the House of Commons to condemn the discrimination against girls through sex-selective abortion and do all it can to prevent sex-selective abortions from being carried out in Canada.