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

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

COLUMN: Sex selection is an impending issue for Americans

University Wire;  December 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Britain, in all likelihood, will ban sex selection before America. After extensive consultation...recommending a ban on the process of sex selection for non-medical reasons. Where will...another line entirely, arguing that sex selection facilitates the realization of indefensible...

Sex Selection Popular Among Infertile Women.

AScribe Health News Service;  March 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ......surveyed would use preimplantation sex selection if it were offered to them at no cost...preimplantation genetic diagnosis, make sex selection possible. But the procedures are usually...widely used for nonmedical purposes. Sex selection is a topic that's almost taboo for...

Winston backs 'social' embryo sex selection HEALTH: GENDER CHOICE HEALTH:...

The Sunday Herald;  November 5, 2006 ;     688 words ......with the Sunday Herald. "And one of them is sex selection. I think if sex selection was freely available in Britain it would...There is really no evidence that it would." Sex selection by PGD involves the creation of embryos in...

Against sex selection.

Southern Medical Journal;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The phrase sex selection is generally used as an umbrella term referring...the degree to which different varieties of sex selection raise ethical problems, most actual or foreseeable sex selection is ethically wrong. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...

COLUMN: Sex selection, yes or no?

University Wire;  January 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......after reading the history of sex selection and possible implications of...Why not?" The obvious use for sex selection is to avoid passing on sex-linked...sex-linked disease seek out sex selection to avoid having an affected...

Sex selection: morality, harm, and the law.

Southern Medical Journal;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......have a maid! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sex selection is now a reality. Thanks to MicroSort...MicroSort[R] and to offer preconception sex selection. Scientific interest in the development...exclusive conception of unaffected girls. Sex selection for the prevention of X-linked disorders...

Sex selection: not obviously wrong.

The Hastings Center Report;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Although sex selection calls for careful thought, it seems in many cases to be...once we acknowledge these principles, the discussion about sex selection is over. Sex selection is sexism, or it contributes to sexism. As such, it should...

Silence on sex selection.(EDITORIALS)

The Washington Times;  November 24, 2003 ;     484 words ......implications. That seems to be the case with sex selection, according to the recently released...Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness. Sex selection is simply choosing a child based upon...Yet that is clearly not the case with sex-selection techniques, and it might not be the...

Boy or girl? (sex selection)

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

Is Sex Selection A Frivolous Practice?

The Washington Post;  April 7, 1987 ;     569 words ......sex ratio would be if everyone used sex selection in the U.S. Even if the ratio tended...stronger than for females and people used sex selection, we'd have a large increase in one...women had one child and all women used sex selection, there'd probably be 125 male children...

Couples travel to U.S. for embryo sex selection

Charleston Gazette;  June 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......couples are getting around laws banning sex selection in their home countries by coming to...God. People will be less alarmed as sex selection becomes more routine, said Dr. Jeffrey...Chinese flag alongside information about sex selection. "Near 100 percent [99.99 percent...

Baby sex-selection industry blossoms in U.S.; Wealthy foreigners come...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......couples are getting around laws banning sex selection in their home countries by coming to...God. People will be less alarmed as sex selection becomes more routine, said Dr. Jeffrey...Chinese flag alongside information about sex selection. "Near 100 percent (99.99 percent...

Why criminalizing sex selection techniques is unjust: an argument...

Health Law Journal;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Introduction The issue of sex selection is one that often invokes a great...deciding how to regulate the use of sex selection techniques within society. However, the new legislation dealing with sex selection in the Assisted Human Reproduction...

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

The Washington Post;  June 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......couples are getting around laws banning sex selection in their home countries by coming to...God. People will be less alarmed as sex selection becomes more routine, said Jeffrey...Chinese flag alongside information about sex selection. "Near 100% (99.99%) effective gender...