Ethics of sex selection for family balancing: Why balance families?
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Ethics of sex selection for family balancing. Why balance families?
Guidelines proposed by Pennings in 1996 to allow sex preselection ignore ethical problems, basic aspects of human biology and social behavior, cultural differences in reproductive choice availability, and implementation issues. The proposed guidelines would forbid sex preselection for a first child and in cases where gender balance exists. Sex preselection would only be used if the sex select...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019171