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'The Family Man' TV drama addresses gender selection Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:00 AM: Trevor Eve "The Family Man" An upcoming 3-part miniseries on UK television features a fertility expert facing ethical dilemmas in the world of IVF. One story line concerns parents of 3 daughters, who are devastated after the death of their son and want to use sex selection to conceive a boy -- against the law. The story comes direct from the UK headlines. The... Read More...
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Bioethicist defends parents' right to choose their baby's gender Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:45 AM: Dr. Edgar Dahl, bioethicist and senior research fellow at the medical centre of Geissen University, Germany, argues that sex selection should be permitted in the UK. Based on his extensive research on gender preference among parents in many countries, Dahl refutes the common misconception that gender selection could lead to a sex ratio imbalance. He cites a survey... Read More...
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Filed under: UK (United Kingdom), Ethics, Gender Preference, Legislation