title: Sex selection and abortion: a case  for legal re-evaluation?
abstract: This question of sex selection and abortion in the UK was highlighted by recent reports in a national newspaper. This paper explores the current legal position and whether there is a case for reforming the law to align the situation of abortion with that of sex selection in the context of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Jean V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: McHale
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D019836:Preimplantation Diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012743:Sex Preselection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D012945:Social Values; D006113:United Kingdom