Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on October 23, 2006
Human Reproduction 2006 21(12):3303; doi:10.1093/humrep/del347
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Evolution, morality and the law: on Valerie J. Grants case against sex selection
Spokesman of the German Society for Reproductive Medicine, Centre for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical Centre of the University of Giessen and Marburg Ltd., Giessen, Germany
E-mail: presse@repromedizin.de
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Sir,
In her intriguing paper Sex predetermination and the ethics of sex selection, psychologist Valerie J. Grant argues that the sex of our offspring may not be a matter of chance. Growing evidence from behavioural ecology and evolutionary psychology seems to suggest that women give birth to children they are best suited to raise. Women who are