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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 4, 870-872, April 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Debate

The reproductive option of sex selection

Joe Leigh Simpson1,2,3 and Sandra Ann Carson1

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and 2 Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Huston, Texas, USA

One reproductive option that has long been unrealized is that of choosing the sex of one's child. This is not for lack of ideas; historically there having been many unproved methods, many fanciful and most now abandoned (Carson, 1988Go). Conceptions occurring two or three days after ovulation have a slightly increased likelihood of being male, but perhaps only in certain circumstances; at any rate, this observation has little practical value (Gray et al., 1998Go). Biological based methods have not previously succeeded. Now, Fugger et al. have reported that separation into X- or Y-bearing spermatozoa may be efficacious (Fugger et al., 1998Go).

Genetic indications for sperm separation are unassailable, and surely few could disagree that selecting a child of a given sex can avoid . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Considerations

Does the technology truly alter the sex ratio at birth?
Is the technique practical?
Is sperm separation safe?
Should sperm separation be allowed?
Conclusion

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