Sex selection, public policy and the HFEA's role in political decision making - response to Edgar Dahl's 'The presumption in favour of liberty'.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's report on sex selection is criticized because its recommendation to prohibit all techniques for social sexing is based on unsupported allegations. As a body with a scientific status, the Authority should allow the application of some methods of sex selection for non-medical reasons in a strictly regulated fashion, in order to gather empirical evidence about the psychosocial as well as medical consequences for all people involved.
Pennings
Guido
G
Ghent University, Centre for Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics, Department of Philosophy, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Guido.Pennings@UGent.be
D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019836:Preimplantation Diagnosis; D011640:Public Policy; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012743:Sex Preselection / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom