Mr. Speaker, the people who signed this petition note that around the world the deadliest words are, “It's a girl.” The CBC has even exposed that here in Canada fetal ultrasounds are used to determine the sex of an unborn child, and then the child is aborted if it is a girl.
The petitioners highlight that over 200 million girls are missing from the world because of this gendercide, and are calling for members of Parliament to condemn this discrimination against women and girls through ongoing sex-selective abortion.
The petitioners call on the House of Commons to pass legislation that would put an end to this horrible practice.