title: Fatal knowledge? Prenatal diagnosis and sex selection.
abstract: Moral and social arguments weigh heavily against performing medical procedures solely for purposes of sex selection. The medical profession has a responsibility to abandon its posture of ethical neutrality and take a firm stand now against sex selection.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Boston University.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wertz
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fletcher
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal; D030881:Disclosure; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005053:Eugenics; D005260:Female; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D026706:Paternalism; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011155:Population Control; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D012743:Sex Preselection