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Review
. 2005 Feb;31(2):116-8.
doi: 10.1136/jme.2003.005983.

The ethics of using genetic engineering for sex selection

S Matthew Liao  1
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The ethics of using genetic engineering for sex selection

S Matthew Liao. J Med Ethics. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

It is quite likely that parents will soon be able to use genetic engineering to select the sex of their child by directly manipulating the sex of an embryo. Some might think that this method would be a more ethical method of sex selection than present technologies such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) because, unlike PGD, it does not need to create and destroy "wrong gendered" embryos. This paper argues that those who object to present technologies on the grounds that the embryo is a person are unlikely to be persuaded by this proposal, though for different reasons.

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