Sex Selection
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2003
Publication Title
Encyclopedia of the Human Genome
Keywords
sex selection, abortion, ethics, family planning
Abstract
People have always attempted to influence the sex of their children. Until recently, prenatal screening followed by abortion of the undesired fetus was the only effective method, and most people who used that method did it to avoid the birth of girls. Today, preconception sex selection is becoming available, and people in the West are more likely to want to 'balance' their families than to avoid girls. These developments raise new questions about the ethics of sex selection.
ISBN
470016183
Repository Citation
Sex Selection, in 5 Encyclopedia of the Human Genome 262-264 (D. N. Cooper, ed., Nature Publishing Group 2003)