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How common is sex-selective abortion in Australia, really?
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New South Wales is debating a bill to ban sex-selective abortion, but evidence suggests the practice is not widespread in Australia, raising questions about the necessity of the legislation.

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How common is sex-selective abortion in Australia, really?
The Good Brigade/Getty Images New South Wales parliament is debating a bill this week that seeks to ban abortions performed on the basis of fetal sex. If passed, health practitioners who perform such abortions would face professional misconduct charges and lose indemnity insurance coverage for the procedure. At first glance, this might appear to be a defensible measure to address a practice that sits uneasily with gender equality. But there’s little evidence sex-selective abortions are occurri
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