Australian attitudes toward sex-selection technology.

نویسندگان

  • Rebecca Kippen
  • Ann Evans
  • Edith Gray
چکیده

Previous research based on analysis of fertility behavior and expressed preferences shows that many Australian parents want both a son and a daughter. However, most respondents to a representative survey of Australians did not approve of IVF or abortion for sex-selection purposes, and most did not think a hypothetical blue or pink pill to select sex of a child should be legal.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Fertility and sterility

دوره 95 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011