ThisisBigBrother.com - UK TV Forums - Gender based abortions

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The CPS's decision not to prosecute two doctors who have been accused of offering to arrange abortions based on gender is "concerning", Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

The CPS has enough evidence to form a "realistic prospect of conviction", the Daily Telegraph reports.

But it decided that prosecutions would not be in the public interest.

Mr Hunt has asked Attorney General Dominic Grieve for "urgent clarification" of the decision.

The doctors from Birmingham and Manchester were referred to the CPS after the Telegraph carried out an undercover investigation of abortion providers.

The newspaper said it had obtained evidence that they were willing to arrange abortions solely because of the sex of the unborn child, which is illegal.

No terminations were actually carried out during the investigation.

The CPS believes that the cases would be better dealt with by the General Medical Council.

"We are clear that gender selection abortion is against the law and completely unacceptable," Mr Hunt said.

"This is a concerning development and I have written to the Attorney General to ask for urgent clarification on the grounds for this decision. "

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23968107

As stated in the article - this is illegal, but what do you think? If a couple wants to raise a boy/girl and they find out they're having the opposite gender, should they be allowed to abort it? Is it any different to aborting an unwanted child?