Gender Selection Ethics

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This paper discusses the pre-conception gender selection techniques along with some other means of choosing the gender of the unborn child and explains how this has come under severe criticism because of the ethical issues raised. The paper contends that this problem is more pronounced in traditional societies of China and India. The paper reviews the beliefs of ethicist John Fletcher who claims that new gender selection techniques result from abuse of advanced medical technology.

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"History attests to the fact that couples from Royal families down to rural peasants have shown preference for a male child leading to numerous problems for the girl child and creating a sex ratio imbalance in some traditional societies. When preference for a male child is more pronounced and obvious, any method that can allow a couple to choose the gender of their unborn child is likely to create tremendous potential for gender discrimination and sex-ratio imbalance. Sex-selection or gender-selection as it is commonly known as is one such method that threatens to put female children at risk of being outnumbered by their male counterparts. The pre-conception gender selection techniques along with some other means of choosing the gender of the unborn child has come under severe criticism because of the ethical issues they raise."

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