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<div id="globalWrapper"> <div id="column-content"> <div id="content"> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading">Sex selection</h1> <div id="bodyContent" style="position: relative"> <h3 id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h3> <div id="contentSub">  </div> <div id="jump-to-nav"> Jump to: <a href="#column-one">navigation</a>, <a href="#searchInput">search</a></div>  <table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="704" align="center" border="0"> <tr> <td align="middle"> <h3>You CAN choose the gender of your baby</h3> <h4>Over 93% of Couples who followed our program<br> Conceived a child of the gender <u>they</u> chose! </h4> <h6>Discover how you and your partner can learn the simple and effective<br> science behind the system and have the family YOU want.</h6> <h3>It's 100% natural, it's safe and it's Proven!</h3> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="704" align="center" border="0"> <tr> <td> <table cellSpacing="3" cellPadding="0" width="80%" align="center" bgColor="#ffffff"> <tr> <td>There is a reason for everything. The 50/50 percent statistic of giving birth to one gender or the other is not random. Once <strong>the reasons behind this natural section</strong> are understood, you can start changing them in your favor. <br> Your specific body may already have a tendency towards one gender and if you don't take action, <strong>your next baby's gender could already be set</strong> for you.<br> I know how confusing this can be, it took me a while to really sort all the facts and methods (which sometimes have nothing to do with each other).<br> It doesn't matter, if this is your first pregnancy or fourth, getting pregnant itself can be difficult and may take a few months. I know this is far from what they told us in high school, but we were probably also more fertile when we were all 18…<br> In fact, in the real world, it<strong> takes the average fertile couple 5-6 months to conceive</strong>. That is, without even trying for a certain gender. When you are trying to be more specific, and maybe limiting the times and dates of intercourse, it may take even longer. Some couples, who may actually have no fertility problems, may get frustrated after a while and of course the frustration will only make things worst..<br> I am in no way trying to discourage you or anyone from having children and / or choosing their gender, but I find it better to make you aware of all possible outcomes (or lack off) beforehand, and not make it sound like excuses after the matter.<br> With this realistic approach, I believe that overall health, fertility and spirit of both parents-to-be are an essential part of conceiving and selecting the gender of the baby. <br> <strong>This is the one of the goals of "The Baby Gender Choice – The ultimate guide".</strong><br> This is also why I am giving away the <strong>"His & Hers Fertility Handbook"</strong> - to try and give a head start to any couple TTC (trying to conceive).<p>You have probably heard of the <em>Shettles Method, the Ericcson Method and Dr Jonas method</em>, and probably a few more. <br> There are probably more questions then answers that you are concerned with after all this, sometimes conflicting information.<br>  </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="704" align="center" border="0"> <tr> <td><center> <table cellSpacing="3" cellPadding="0" width="80%" align="center" bgColor="#ffffff"> <tr> <td> <h3>"The Baby Gender Choice – The ultimate guide"</h3> <p>This book is first and foremost <strong>a practical guide</strong>. <br> The system I developed looks at all the factors that determine the gender, and one by one manipulates them to one direction or the other.<br> The operative words here are <strong>"all the factors".</strong> The system, when followed, will address all of them, systematically.<br> When all the factors are taken into account and all the needed actions are followed, nature will take its course and sway in the direction you set it to.<br> This process is like a "tuning" your bodies will go through, to naturally choose the gender you want. </p> <h5>You are naturally giving one gender an unfair advantage.</h5> </td> </tr> </table> </center></td> </tr> </table> <table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="704" align="center" border="0"> <tr> <td> <table cellPadding="0" width="80%" align="center"> <tr> <td> <h5>"The Baby Gender Choice – The ultimate guide"</h5> <h6>is basically a tool to let YOU transform your life.</h6> <p>When you use this tool, you will be able to enjoy the benefits and the outcome.</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="dablink"> This article is about the selection of the sex of offspring. For the evolutionary concept, see <a title="Sexual selection" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_selection"> sexual selection</a>.</div> <p>Parents frequently prefer their offspring to be of a particular sex for a variety of reasons. <b>Social sex selection</b> or <a title="Human" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human"> human</a> <b>sex selection</b> is the attempt to control the sex of the offspring to achieve a desired sex. It can be accomplished in several ways, both pre- and post-implantation of an <a title="Embryo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo"> embryo</a>, as well as at <a title="Childbirth" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth"> birth</a>. It has been marketed under the title <b>family balancing</b>.</p> <table class="toc" id="toc" summary="Contents"> <tr> <td> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle">[<a class="internal" id="togglelink" href="javascript:toggleToc()">hide</a>]</span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"> <a href="#Preference_for_sex_of_child"> <span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Preference for sex of child</span></a> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"> <a href="#Scientific_methods"> <span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Scientific methods</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"> <a href="#Pre-implantation_methods"> <span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Pre-implantation methods</span></a> </li> <li class="toclevel-2"> <a href="#Post-implantation_methods"> <span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Post-implantation methods</span></a> </li> <li class="toclevel-2"> <a href="#Post-birth_methods"> <span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Post-birth methods</span></a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Ethical_concerns"> <span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Ethical concerns</span></a> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"> <a href="#Demographic_concerns"> <span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Demographic concerns</span></a> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"> <a href="#History_and_folk_beliefs"> <span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">History and folk beliefs</span></a> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Legality"> <span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Legality</span></a> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#See_also"> <span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Notes"> <span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"> <a href="#External_links"> <span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <SCRIPT type=text/javascript> //<![CDATA[ if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } //]]> </SCRIPT> <p> <a id="Preference_for_sex_of_child" name="Preference_for_sex_of_child"> </a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a title="Edit section: Preference for sex of child" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit&section=1">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Preference for sex of child</span></h2> <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-notice"> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"> <div style="WIDTH: 52px"> <a class="image" title="Wiki letter w.svg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w.svg"> <img height="44" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/44px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png" width="44"></a></div> </td> <td class="mbox-text"><b>Please help <a class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit"> improve this article</a> by expanding it.</b> Further information might be found on the <a title="Talk:Sex selection" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sex_selection"> talk page</a>. <small><i>(April 2009)</i></small></td> </tr> </table> <p>In some cultures, male offspring are desired in order to inherit property, carry on family name, to provide support for parents in old age.</p> <p>Studies have demonstrated that having sisters, as compared to brothers, can enhance the quality of life of an adult.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup></p> <p><a id="Scientific_methods" name="Scientific_methods"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a title="Edit section: Scientific methods" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit&section=2">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Scientific methods</span></h2> <p> <a id="Pre-implantation_methods" name="Pre-implantation_methods"> </a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a title="Edit section: Pre-implantation methods" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit&section=3">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Pre-implantation methods</span></h3> <p>Two major types of pre-implantation methods can be used for social sex selection.</p> <p> <a title="Sperm sorting" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_sorting"> Sperm sorting</a> - The separation of X <a title="Chromosome" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosome"> Chromosome</a> sperm from Y Chromosome sperm. The resulting sorted sperm are used in either <a title="Artificial insemination" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_insemination"> artificial insemination</a> or <a class="mw-redirect" title="In-vitro fertilization" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-vitro_fertilization"> in-vitro fertilization</a> (IVF) procedures.</p> <p> <a title="Preimplantation genetic diagnosis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preimplantation_genetic_diagnosis"> Preimplantation genetic diagnosis</a> (PGD) - In sex selection cases, embryos resulting from IVF procedures are genetically tested for X or Y Chromosomes. The embryos of the desired sex are then implanted.</p> <p> <a id="Post-implantation_methods" name="Post-implantation_methods"> </a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a title="Edit section: Post-implantation methods" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit&section=4">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Post-implantation methods</span></h3> <p> <a title="Prenatal diagnosis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prenatal_diagnosis"> Prenatal diagnosis</a> - <a title="Amniocentesis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amniocentesis"> Amniocentesis</a> and/or <a title="Ultrasound" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasound"> ultrasound</a> is used to determine sex of an offspring, leading to subsequent <a title="Abortion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion"> abortion</a> of any offspring of the unwanted sex. The more recent technique of fetal blood now makes it possible to test the sex of the fetus from the sixth week of pregnancy.</p> <p><a id="Post-birth_methods" name="Post-birth_methods"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection">[<a title="Edit section: Post-birth methods" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit&section=5">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Post-birth methods</span></h3> <p>Sex-selective <a title="Infanticide" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide"> infanticide</a> - Killing children of the unwanted sex. Though illegal in most parts of the world, it is still practiced.</p> <p>Sex-selective <a title="Child abandonment" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abandonment"> child abandonment</a> - Abandoning children of the unwanted sex. Though illegal in most parts of the world, it is still practiced.</p> <p>Sex-selective <a title="Adoption" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption"> adoption</a> - Placing children of the unwanted sex up for adoption. Less commonly viewed as a method of social sex selection, adoption affords families that have a gender preference a legal means of choosing offspring of a particular sex.</p> <p><a id="Ethical_concerns" name="Ethical_concerns"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a title="Edit section: Ethical concerns" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit&section=6">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Ethical concerns</span></h2> <p>The application of these techniques to humans creates moral and ethical concerns in the opinion of some, while the advantages of sensible use of selected technologies is favored by others.</p> <p>Listed here are some ethical concerns:</p> <p> <a class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual discrimination" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_discrimination"> Sexual discrimination</a> - The idea that if one sex is preferred over another, those individuals in the non-preferred sex would be at a disadvantage. Opponents of social sex selection argue that the procedure would artificially unequalize the ratio of females to males, leading to discrimination, potential violence and abuse of the smaller group.</p> <p> <a title="Eugenics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics"> Eugenics</a> - Many fear that PGD, in general, is a 'slippery slope' leading to a society where 'non-selected' individuals would be discriminated against. PGD is used primarily in the U.S. for the purpose of reducing <a title="Congenital disorder" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_disorder"> birth defects</a> and abnormalities, but opponents fear that there is nothing stopping persons from using PGD for more eugenic-based purposes. It has been noticed that the largest gender imbalances in China come from the <a title="Han Chinese" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese"> Han Chinese</a> ethnic group.<a class="external autonumber" title="http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/gender_imbalance_in_china_20081027/" rel="nofollow" href="http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/gender_imbalance_in_china_20081027/">[1]</a></p> <p>Psychological Implications - There may be psychological implications for both the parents and child if the procedure does not produce a child of the desired sex. Furthermore, problems may also arise if the gender-related expectations of the parents are not subsequently fulfilled by the child. However, it may be the case that any child will fail to fulfill particular parental expectations, so perhaps more emphasis should be placed on promoting acceptance and tolerance within parents as opposed to completely banning sex selection.</p> <p>Conflict with <a class="mw-redirect" title="Kantian" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantian"> Kantian</a> principles - Many argue that by selecting the sex of their child, parents are using the child as a means of fulfilling their own desires rather than respecting the child as a person and an end in their own right.</p> <p>In contrast, there is widespread support for the concept that individual reproductive choice is an important private decision which should not be infringed by government. There is considerable evidence from sperm sorting in the United States that pre-conceptual use of this technology, which does not involve destruction of embryos or fetuses, is desired and utilized by many couples to achieve balancing of gender ratios within their families. Furthermore, the fear that there would be preferential selection of boys is clearly false - indeed, actual experience in the U.S. indicates that the technology is used more often to obtain girls than boys. Thus the real-world experiences with techniques such as MicroSort demonstrate that theoretical fears of gender discrimination from sperm sorting are not at all realized in a country such as the U.S. There is equally little real evidence in support of the other theoretical harms postulated by opponents of pre-conceptual gender selection.</p> <p>Post-conceptual selection by preimplantation testing (PGD) is a distinct subject as it obviously involves preferential use of embryos, and of course termination of pregnancy for gender selection is a quite different matter.</p> <p><a id="Demographic_concerns" name="Demographic_concerns"></a> </p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a title="Edit section: Demographic concerns" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit&section=7">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Demographic concerns</span></h2> <p>In addition to the ethical concerns mentioned, issues of <a title="Demographics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics"> demographics</a> arise in societies where social sex selection is common. A society may exhibit a widespread bias towards having children of a specific gender, either due to cultural biases or economic concerns (e.g. male children may be more employable in the future and thus provide more financial support). When combined with frequent social sex selection, this bias may produce a <a class="mw-redirect" title="Gender imbalance" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_imbalance"> gender imbalance</a> that has undesirable consequences. This phenomenon has been observed in many nations in the <a title="Far East" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_East"> Far East</a>, such as <a title="India" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">India</a> and <a title="China" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China"> China</a>, where social sex selection has produced unnaturally high male/female ratios in the population. China's gender imbalance is further increased by the <a class="mw-redirect" title="One Child Policy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Child_Policy"> One Child Policy</a>. In these nations, a lack of opportunity for many men to marry is believed to be producing increases in <a title="Crime" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime">crime</a>, demand for <a title="Prostitution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution"> prostitution</a>, and the selling of brides.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup></p> <p>Major demographic changes have occurred in China because of sex selection. Chinese government reports show that the <a title="Sex ratio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_ratio"> sex ratio</a> for newborns is 118:100 (boys:girls), higher in rural areas such as <a title="Guangdong" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong"> Guangdong</a> and <a title="Hainan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan"> Hainan</a> (130:100) compared to the average of 104:107 in developed countries. It is believed that the ratio would increase further to the point that, by 2020, men of marriageable age would be unable to find mates, resulting in large social problems.<a class="external autonumber" title="http://web.archive.org/web/20080207012108/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16593301/" rel="nofollow" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080207012108/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16593301/">[2]</a><a class="external autonumber" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3601281.stm" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3601281.stm">[3]</a></p> <p>In contrast, actual experience in Western cultures provides no evidence for any degree of gender imbalance from technologies which have long been available and legal - such as selective abortion or preimplantation embryo testing. When used for family balancing indications in such countries as the United States, pre-conceptual sex selection is widely sought without any preferential selection of males. Thus the right of individual families to determine whether or not to balance gender of offspring in their families is not and will not become, in many countries, a demographic issue. Furthermore, in countries where such demographic issues exist because of strong gender preferences in a segment of the population, regulatory and legal control of, without denial of access to, sperm sorting technology can be utilized to provide individuals with choices while ensuring that equal numbers of boys and girls are produced for population demographic equality.</p> <p> <a id="History_and_folk_beliefs" name="History_and_folk_beliefs"> </a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a title="Edit section: History and folk beliefs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit&section=8">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">History and folk beliefs</span></h2> <p>There are a wide variety of social sex selections methods which have not been demonstrated to be effective. Because even implausible and ineffective methods have a "success" rate of 50%, many continued to be recommended by word of mouth.</p> <p>As early as 330 BC, <a title="Aristotle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle"> Aristotle</a> prescribed the ligation (tying off) of the left <a title="Testicle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicle"> testicle</a> in men wishing to have boys.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup></p> <p>Some people believe that timing <a class="mw-redirect" title="Conception (biology)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conception_(biology)"> conception</a> according to <a title="Natal chart" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal_chart"> astrological charts</a> can influence a baby's sex,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup> though there is no evidence to support this or any other timing method. A 13th century Chinese <a title="Conception chart" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conception_chart"> conception chart</a> purports to be able to identify the sex of the baby before birth.</p> <p>During the 1980s, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories teamed with the United States Department of Agriculture to develop the first (and only) successful and repeatable means of separating X- (female) and Y- (male) chromosome bearing spermatozoa.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup. It was not until the 1990s that the United States Department of Agriculture modified the discovery for commercialization. 'Sexed semen' is offered commercially in cattle by a variety of companies including Cogent (UK) and Sexing Technologies (USA). In humans the technique is marketed as 'MicroSort', but is unavailable outside of the USA due to legal restrictions.</p> <p>Recently, a study published in 2006 indicated that mothers with <a title="Toxoplasmosis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis"> toxoplasmosis</a> have a significantly higher <a title="Human sex ratio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sex_ratio"> sex ratio</a> of boys to girls. This has been discussed in connection with the <a class="new" title="Manipulation hypothesis (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manipulation_hypothesis&action=edit&redlink=1"> manipulation hypothesis</a> of parasites.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toxo_6-0"><a href="#cite_note-toxo-6">[7]</a></sup> Another study found a link between sex and the diet of the mother, but this may be due to statistical chance, and has yet to be confirmed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="#cite_note-7">[8]</a></sup></p> <p><a id="Legality" name="Legality"></a></p> <h2><span class="editsection">[<a title="Edit section: Legality" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_selection&action=edit&section=9">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Legality</span></h2> <p>Sex selection is officially prohibited in <a title="China" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China">China</a>, but the Chinese government admits that the practice is widespread, especially in rural areas of China and among lawless groups such as <a class="mw-redirect" title="Ghettoized" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghettoized"> ghettoized</a> migrant workers in cities (despite denials by the government-sponsored studies) <a class="external autonumber" title="http://web.archive.org/web/20080207012108/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16593301/" rel="nofollow" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080207012108/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16593301/"> [4]</a><a class="external autonumber" title="http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/gender_imbalance_in_china_20081027/" rel="nofollow" href="http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/gender_imbalance_in_china_20081027/">[5]</a></p> <p>Social sex selection is illegal in <a title="India" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">India</a>. To ensure this, prenatal determination of sex through <a title="Ultrasound" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasound"> ultrasound</a> is also illegal in India. These laws are instituted to combat the prevalent practice of <a class="mw-redirect" title="Sex-selective abortion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-selective_abortion"> sex-selective abortion</a>. However, these laws have generally failed to be effective in rural areas and, despite education efforts, sex-selective abortion continues to be widely practised there.</p> <p>Sex selection is legal in most of the world, and it's practiced particularly in Western countries, but is more limited in Eastern countries, such as India or China. However, an exception of this is Europe, where the practice of sex-selection is prohibited (bar the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus).</div> </div> </div> </div>