96.5 Sex Selection for Non-Medical Reasons
Whereas, There is a growing commercial market for prenatal selection techniques, especially for assisted insemination; and,
Whereas, There is a concern that the use of prenatal sex selection techniques will promote discrimination on the basis of sex, and may lead to a maldistribution of the sexes in society; and,
Whereas, The use of prenatal sex selection techniques for non-medical reasons could be considered a misuse of our health resources; therefore, be it,
RESOLVED, That The National Council of Women of Canada urge the Government of Canada to act on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Reproductive Technology that prenatal diagnosis techniques to determine fetal sex for non-medical reasons be illegal.