Throughout the test of time childbirth and the gender of the children have been of natural means; one that has been by chance or chosen through the work of God or other supernatural being and has had little human interference until after childbirth. In many societies during the course of time one gender or the other has been preferred, this gender prominently being male. However, reasons for this stem from socialized thoughts and beliefs that one gender is more valuable or holds a higher socioeconomic status after birth. With this being said, it has also been expressed that there were ways to choose the gender of a future child prior to conception. For instance, folkloric recommendations for producing males include having intercourse in dry
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In this case, as well, there is very little if any sex discrimination among newborn children so, therefore, plays a minute part in the gender bias issue. However, the ethical dilemma begins when it is used for gender selection alone. Positive views about the topic range, but across the endless array of information family balancing and family growth limitation tends to be common aspects. The thought behind the use of IVF and PDG together to select gender has been opposed for many years by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine 's Ethics Committee. However, according to Downing (2005) “A report issued by the Committee in 2001 offered the opposite proposition: it stated, in certain situations, like when a family seeks gender selection for family diversity, PGD for gender selection is ethically acceptable.” Does this change of view from the Ethics Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine signify the changing of mindset across the nation? John Robertson (2013) in his article about the Pros of the use of PGD for gender selection stated a creative idea that would reinforce the family diversity aspect. Robertson stated “initially sex selection for gender variety should be limited to second-born and subsequent children. For the time being, using IVF and PGD for the purposes of achieving gender variety poses no risk of serious harm to offspring, society, or women.” In a recent study by Princeton University in the U.S., a group explored the thought behind gender bias, finding gender preference was nearly 50:50. The study included 276 cases where PDG was used for gender selection and “found that after excluding the 30 cases where a selection of female embryos was requested for
In this case, as well, there is very little if any sex discrimination among newborn children so, therefore, plays a minute part in the gender bias issue. However, the ethical dilemma begins when it is used for gender selection alone. Positive views about the topic range, but across the endless array of information family balancing and family growth limitation tends to be common aspects. The thought behind the use of IVF and PDG together to select gender has been opposed for many years by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine 's Ethics Committee. However, according to Downing (2005) “A report issued by the Committee in 2001 offered the opposite proposition: it stated, in certain situations, like when a family seeks gender selection for family diversity, PGD for gender selection is ethically acceptable.” Does this change of view from the Ethics Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine signify the changing of mindset across the nation? John Robertson (2013) in his article about the Pros of the use of PGD for gender selection stated a creative idea that would reinforce the family diversity aspect. Robertson stated “initially sex selection for gender variety should be limited to second-born and subsequent children. For the time being, using IVF and PGD for the purposes of achieving gender variety poses no risk of serious harm to offspring, society, or women.” In a recent study by Princeton University in the U.S., a group explored the thought behind gender bias, finding gender preference was nearly 50:50. The study included 276 cases where PDG was used for gender selection and “found that after excluding the 30 cases where a selection of female embryos was requested for