IVF Screening Persuasive Essay

Having a child is one step closer to creating a family. It is hard to determine whether that family will have two daughters or two sons, but with the new IVF screening, it is actually quite easy to choose the gender of your baby. I believe that parents should not be able to choose the sex of their baby because it is not fair for parents who are able to conceive and do not have the opportunity to decide which gender their child should be. I think that in the future, there will also be a gender bias and altercations will arise among the man and woman who are trying to make a family. The method of undergoing IVF screening does not actually determine the gender of the baby. When viewing the embryos of a woman who cannot conceive, doctors have the ability to look “for conditions such as Down syndrome and Turner syndrome” as well as ask the parents what gender they would like their child to be (Andrade). I think that this screening should only occur to see whether or not the embryos are viable. When that is determined, the eggs should be given to the woman. Checking for diseases or …show more content…
In some societies, such as a few Asian dynasties, “societies value boys more than girls” meaning families will obviously want to choose to have boys over girls (Andrade). This will also create the problem of where parents love their child because of what gender they are. Without the IVF screening, parents need not worry about their child’s sex until a few months before giving birth, like it has been for decades now. Choosing the gender may cause altercations between husband and wife because they may disagree on which sex to choose. The wife may say she wants a daughter who can help with the household chores, while the husband may want a son who can become a man and deal with all the bills and mortgages. Upon disagreeing, the husband may become abusive because his wife is not listening to