Many women want to be able to pick baby's sex Study also says half of...

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 14, 2005 ;     597 words ......surveyed would use preimplantation sex selection if it were offered to them at...preimplantation genetic diagnosis, make sex selection possible. But the procedures are...used for nonmedical purposes. "Sex selection is a topic that's almost taboo...

Sex Selection Popular Among Infertile Women.

AScribe Health News Service;  March 10, 2005 ;     787 words ......surveyed would use preimplantation sex selection if it were offered to them at...preimplantation genetic diagnosis, make sex selection possible. But the procedures are...used for nonmedical purposes. Sex selection is a topic that's almost taboo...

Boy or girl? (sex selection)

The Economist (US);  July 28, 1990 ;     625 words ......acceptable. In some rich countries, sex selection is practised not infrequently...An easy and acceptable means of sex selection remains a long way off, but may...estimated that if an easy means of sex selection were available in America, there...

Americans prefer leaving child's sex to chance: survey

The Hindustan Times;  February 15, 2006 ;     565 words ......people would use pre-implantation sex selection for non-medical reasons," said...their children. Pre-conception sex selection using sperm-separation technology...social issues. Some fear that sex selection may disrupt the natural sex ratio...

Against sex selection.

Southern Medical Journal;  January 1, 2007 ;   Levy, Neil;   787 words ...The phrase sex selection is generally used as an umbrella term...degree to which different varieties of sex selection raise ethical problems, most actual or foreseeable sex selection is ethically wrong. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...

Sex selection: morality, harm, and the law.

Southern Medical Journal;  January 1, 2007 ;   Dahl, Edgar;   787 words ......a maid! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sex selection is now a reality. Thanks to MicroSort...R] and to offer preconception sex selection. Scientific interest in the development...conception of unaffected girls. Sex selection for the prevention of X-linked...

Parents given no choice on sex of babies

The Scotsman;  November 12, 2003 ;   ALASTAIR DALTON SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT;   695 words ......unacceptable. The HFEA concluded that sex selection should be used only to avoid serious...long opposed the legalisation of sex selection, believing it would lead to a...Secretary of State for Health, sex selection will only be permitted on compelling...

SURVEY: AMERICANS PREFER TO LEAVE CHILD'S SEX TO CHANCE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 13, 2006 ;     753 words ......the demand and preferences for sex selection among the U.S. general population...people would use pre-implantation sex selection for non-medical reasons," said...their children. Pre-conception sex selection using sperm-separation technology...

Americans Prefer to Leave Child's Sex to Chance, Survey Finds.

AScribe Health News Service;  February 13, 2006 ;     787 words ......the demand and preferences for sex selection among the U.S. general population...people would use pre-implantation sex selection for non-medical reasons, said...their children. Pre-conception sex selection using sperm-separation technology...

Sex selection: is a universal approach ethical or appropriate?(ROUND UP:...

Reproductive Health Matters;  November 1, 2006 ;     296 words ...This article compares legal frameworks governing sex selection, attitudes to sex selection, birth ratios of girls and boys, and the social...Germany, to assess the reasons for prohibitions on sex selection. Scientifically reliable methods for sex selection...

Why shouldn't couples be free to choose the sex of their baby?

Reproductive Health Matters;  May 1, 2002 ;   Malpani, Aniruddha;   787 words ......are worried that preconception sex selection will cause an unbalanced sex ratio. In reality, preconception sex selection will allow couples to balance...intra-family sex ratios. Preconception sex selection will allow them to make sure that...

Public asked if choosing a baby's sex is acceptable

The Independent - London;  October 23, 2002 ;   Jeremy Laurance Health Editor;   615 words ......about allowing new techniques of sex selection to be used for social reasons...authority yesterday notes that sex selection of embryos is already permitted...of couples say they would use sex selection if it were available. In light...

Sex selection of babies forces new debate

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 1, 2005 ;   RUTH PADAWER, STAFF WRITER;   787 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 05-01-2005 Sex selection of babies forces new debate...Netherlands to ban it. Critics say sex selection is a brazen attempt to control...maintain it perpetuates bias. "Sex selection is the exercise of sexism at the...

COLUMN: Sex selection is an impending issue for Americans

University Wire;  December 2, 2003 ;   Robert Thiele;   787 words ......Britain, in all likelihood, will ban sex selection before America. After extensive...recommending a ban on the process of sex selection for non-medical reasons. Where...another line entirely, arguing that sex selection facilitates the realization of...

Sex Selection Attracts World to U.S. Clinics; Choosing Babies' Gender...

The Washington Post;  June 25, 2006 ;   Carla K. Johnson;   787 words ......are getting around laws banning sex selection in their home countries by coming...flag alongside information about sex selection. "Near 100% (99.99%) effective...international push. The Web page on sex selection generates 140,000 hits a month...