It is disgusting that such a thing is even being discussed as acceptable or within the platform of 'women's rights'. WHy should it be a crime to be a girl?! TO have the gender that a wise God rightly assigned to you? Humans are not factory objects - they come as they are and we have no right to interfere and engineer things to our greatest selfish interests. Such a discriminatory crime as sex selection abortion should be absolutely unthinkable and even abhorrent to any reasonable person.

Abortion is legal in Australia.
While I may not necessarily have an abortion myself , I would never presume to know or understand the reasons other women feel they need to have abortions.

We can't 'force' pregnant women to carry pregnancies to full term if they don't want to.
What are you going to do to stop it, tie them to a bed until they give birth?

It's better to encourage effective contraception, of which the best is abstinence.... Men keep it in their pants, and women keep their legs crossed, unless they are willing to accept a pregnancy.

Killing babies based on sex as a criteria could also be extended to abortion of babies based on IQ or physical attributes (if technology permits)! I wonder if fathers and mothers-to-be would want their babies killed because the children in the wombs did not meet the parents'expectations. Where will killing stop? Already, more than 100, 000 babies are killed through abortion in Australia each year. More babies and women/men will suffer if abortion is widely permissible and encouraged.

Gay couples might want to avoid the opposite sex too. A lesbian couple might want another shot at the turkey baster if the foetus is not a girl.

Determining sex is inexact and at 16-20 weeks. What do they do? If the ultrasound looks as though there is a little added bit, get the doctor to spring into action?

While most do not disagree with access to abortion, usually because of hardship to the mother, the ethical problems are significant. However at the end of the day it is those who decide must bear responsibility. I cannot decide for others. The male partner can never be equal in the decision, with a split vote always being decided by the mother. Where the latter applies, should the man be held responsible later? Another ethical problem that will never be put to a vote.

Any society that permits the abortion of girls is heading for madness.
Nature intended an equal number of each boys and girls to be born for
very good reasons.
Natural selection found that the mother/father/children system was the
most viable system which is why polygamy and polyandry has been banned
in all mature societies. It just works better.

China has already got itself into a problem with the result of gender
manipulation in its one child policy. The one child policy would be
fine if it was not for the preference for boys.

Nature intended for boys and girls to be partners for life.

@Candide and Bugsy
"...many get some grim satisfaction knowing that as a result there are now over 60 million Chinese men who are without a female partner and whose parents cannot look forward to a subservient daughter-in-law to care for them in their old age. The phrase 'serves them right' comes to mind."
" The reduction in gender ratio will actually increase females mate options."
Actually, historically the simple solution to any female shortage is simply to attack and raid the next village/town/city/country to get all the women you need. It doesn't matter if you disagree with such a soultion, it will happen regardless:
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/beautiful-brides-vietnam-sale-china
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-12/03/content_24065440.htm

The consequences of abortion are just so bad to women no matter what the angle.