RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The ethics of using genetic engineering for sex selection
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 116
OP 118
DO 10.1136/jme.2003.005983
VO 31
IS 2
A1 S Matthew Liao
YR 2005
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/2/116.abstract
AB 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.