House debates abortion ban for sex of fetus

[BattyDem]

8. This isn't about gender-based abortions ...

this is about passing a law that requires you to prove something that is not provable.

Think about it ... unless a woman specifically mentions it, there's no way to know if the decision to abort is based on gender. So they'll use some kind of twisted logic to make that determination: "It's healthy, it's not the result of rape and there's no threat to the woman's life - so the only possible reason she could have for getting an abortion is because she isn't happy with the gender. Therefore, she can't have an abortion!"

There's also no way for the abortion provider to know or prove what a woman's reason is, but they could face five years in jail if someone accuses them of knowingly performing a gender-based abortion! How many doctors would be willing to take that kind of risk?