Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today on behalf of citizens who have indicated they are concerned with sex-selective abortion, as it is legal in Canada because there are no restrictions
Sex-selective abortion is antithetical to our commitment to equality between men and women, and a 2019 DART and Mare/Blue poll conducted for the National Post shows that 84% of Canadians believe it should be illegal to have an abortion if the family does not want the child to be a certain sex. International organizations such as the World Health Organization, United Nations Women and the United Nations Children's Fund have identified unequal sex ratios at birth as a growing problem internationally, and Canada's health care professionals have indicated that it is a growing problem here.
Therefore, the undersigned citizens of Canada call upon the Government of Canada to pass a Criminal Code prohibition on sex-selective abortion.