Gender variety as a valid choice: a comment on the HFEA - response to Edgar Dahl's 'The presumption in favour of liberty'.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has made several sensible recommendations about sperm sorting and preimplantation genetic diagnosis for sex selection, but has not provided a convincing case for restricting all non-medical uses of sex selection techniques. It relies too much on a public opinion survey and speculative fears about bad outcomes for offspring, and overlooks the legitimate interest of some families in using such techniques to have offspring of different genders.
Robertson
John A
JA
Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas Law School, Austin, TX, USA. jrobertson@mail.law.utexas.edu
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