Access to Information

In the UK:

The Labour party is proposing to ban parents from discovering the sex of an unborn child early in pregnancy for fear that it could lead to selective abortion.

I hate this kind of thing. All women get to be punished for the behavior of a small number of lunatics.

Kenan Malik is right, denying people access to information looks like an easy solution to many issues but that ease conceals how deeply immoral it is.

3 thoughts on “Access to Information

  1. This kind of ban has been a law in India for many years. But what this has led to is a proliferation of underground clinics, where people still get sex selective abortions. I don’t think it’ll be any different in the UK.

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