"My sonographer shared the sad, shocking responses she sees at gender scans"

News.com.au (21 November 2023) posted an online article about an interview with an Australian sonographer. The sonographer performs scans on pregnant women and is often asked by parents to reveal the gender of the unborn baby. The sonographer says she hates sharing the baby's gender because that abortions occur when the baby's sex is revealed. The sonographer says she knows an abortion has been performed after a ''gender reveal''. News.com.au reported the sonographer interviewed said -"I know this, because they come back to me for the ultrasound evaluation to confirm they are no longer pregnant."

IN 2018 research from La Trobe University indicated gender bias is leading to more male births in Victoria. Researchers revealed a cultural preference for sons among some ethnic groups has led to more boys than girls being born in Victoria in recent years.

While the naturally occurring ratio worldwide is 105 boys born to every to 100 girls, the new findings show there were 108 and 109 boys born to Indian and Chinese-born mothers from 1999-2015 in Victoria.

Lead researcher and epidemiologist Dr Kristina Edvardsson - from La Trobe's Judith Lumley Centre - said this skew towards boys indicates prenatal sex selection, following migration from countries where these practices have been documented.