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.