title: Response to 'No country is an island: comment on the House of Commons report Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law'.
abstract: Edgar Dahl supports sex selection, e.g. through separation of X and Y sperm or through PGD. It is argued in this commentary that while such sex selection would seem reasonable for balancing a family (wanting a daughter if one already has a son, or vice-versa), it is likely to lead to skewing of female-male ratios, not only in India where it is already as low as 0.8 in certain parts, but possibly also in Great Britain as male chauvinism is not a thing of the past anywhere.
authors.affiliation: Anveshna, 'Furqan Cottage', 12-13-100 Lane No. 1, Street No. 3, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500 017, India.
authors.forename: Pushpa M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Bhargava
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D019836:Preimplantation Diagnosis / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D011287:Prejudice; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D012743:Sex Preselection / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D012744:Sex Ratio; D006113:United Kingdom