12—Health practitioner must not terminate pregnancy for sex selection
(1) Subject to
subsection (2), a registered health practitioner must not perform a
termination of a pregnancy for the purposes of sex-selection.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to the performance of a termination if the
registered health practitioner is satisfied that there is a substantial risk
that the person born after the pregnancy (but for the termination) would
suffer a sex-linked medical condition that would result in serious disability
to that person.