Sex selection abortion is common in India and China but this
phenomenon also exists in western countries including the UK. We reported in
early 2012 on a Daily Telegraph article relating to two sting operations, which
had established that female feticide is also practiced in UK abortion clinics. We reported at the time that Andrew Lansley, the
Health Secretary had passed a dossier of the alleged malpractice at the clinics in
question to the police and the General Medical Council.
The Telegraph reported last week, under the banner "Gender abortions: criminal charges not in 'public interest' says CPS", that despite the
overwhelming evidence the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have decided not to
take action and that it would not be in the public interest to do so.
This decision clearly shows that there is a double standard
in the implementation of the law in the UK when it comes to abortion.
Paul Tully of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in a statement said,The announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service that it is not going to charge doctors for offering ‘sex-selection’ abortion smacks of a politically influenced decision.There is little appetite in the pro-life movement for vindictive prosecution of doctors or others who kill babies, but we should expect the rule of law to be upheld, fairly and justly.
Dr Peter Saunders, chief executive of the Christian Medical
Fellowship, who was among those who complained to police, said: “We seem to
have a situation where, at the whim of the CPS, procedures that are clearly
laid out in the Abortion Act can be completely disregarded by doctors and the
NHS.
“That seems to put doctors above the law and raises
questions about the CPS upholding the will of Parliament.
“We seem to have doctors being allowed to reinterpret the
law with apparent impunity — it is quite extraordinary.”
On the other hand the CPS is very quick to take criminal
proceedings against pro-life demonstrators as has been reported by the Telegraph on Monday Sept 9th
