- MPs voted to ban abortions on the grounds of gender in Commons today
- They voted 181 to one to make abortions based on gender illegal
- Ministers have insisted that the law already bans sex-selective abortions
- Tory MP Fiona Bruce said law needs to be clarified to make it explicitly illegal
MPs have voted to ban abortions on the grounds of gender amid growing Parliamentary concern over sex-selective terminations.
They voted 181 to one to make abortions based on gender illegal, saying the current law had led to ‘widespread confusion’ about what was allowed and what was not.
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