|j buying the nipt te5t online and testing for gender?alth is that the gender bias in the uk is what you would expect. what is shown by your survey and your report is that within certain communities, and it may not be just asian communities, there is a demand against women, and against young children born as women. and how we deal with that, morally, ethically, legislatively, and through education, is imported. and is it an issue on the isle of man? no. we have looked at the department of health issues and we did think it is an issue. i have spoken to obstetricians on the isle of man and they have never been asked to perform an abortion because of the sex of the foetus, but we are bringing ina of the sex of the foetus, but we are bringing in a new abortion law which is progressive and decriminalise a5 abortion and allows it on request up to 14 weeks. our chief minister has brought in an amendment specifically prohibiting sex selective abortion, except for very specific medical reasons, and there are some. what we are trying to do is make

nipt allows women to find out the gender after eight weeks.british women are using a website to discuss using nipt testing purely to find out the gender, and some even say they are going to have a six selective abortion as a result of that information. one example we have on the website from a british pregnant woman. she says... we showed our findings to the labour party, who are now saying a gender testing should be banned. for any clinic to be marketing in terms of gender determination i think is absolutely deplorable. communities in south asia have made huge strides in tackling this. that's primarily been through legislation, banning gender determination clinics. and i think that in the uk we need to do likewise. the department of health says nipt testing is not meant to be used for gender and that they will continue to monitor the evidence. not only do the government not understand this issue around six selection abortion, but also organisations, charities are not asking the question. this is six selection abortion. it is going on in india

"my only option is nipt, followed by continuation "only if it's a boy."ould be banned. for any clinic to be marketing in terms of gender determination i think is absolutely deplorable. communities in south asia have made huge strides in tackling this social evil. and that has primarily been through legislation, banning gender determination clinics, and i think that in the uk we need to be doing likewise with regards to the private sector as well. the department of health says that nipt testing isn't meant to be used for gender and that they will continue to monitor the evidence. i think not only do the government not understand there is an issue around sex—selective abortion but also organisations, charities and statutory sectors aren't asking the questions. this is gendercide, this is sex—selection abortion. it is going on in india, it is going on in china and, yes, it is going on here. and there are many girls missing as a result. amber haque, bbc news. i'll see you tomorrow. bye—bye. we're looking at quite a turbulent, blustery spell of weather coming

my only bet is nipt, followed by continuation only if it is a boy.