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322Sex Preference and Interest in Preconception Sex Selection: A Survey Among Pregnant Women in the North of JordanHuman Reproduction and Genetic Ethics 24 (7): 1665-1669. 2009.BACKGROUND Preconception sex selection for non-medical reasons is a controversial issue in bioethics. Little research has described preferences for preconception sex selection among Arab populations. This study describes the sex preference and interest in employing sex selection techniques among pregnant women in northern Jordan. METHODS A self-reported questionnaire was administered to 600 pregnant women in Irbid, Jordan. χ2 test and binary logistic regression were used to examine the factors a…Read more
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172No Country Is An IslandReproductive Biomedicine Online 11 (1): 10-11. 2005.In its recent report Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law, the House of Commons’ Select Committee on Science and Technology insisted that the United Kingdom ‘does not take a purely insular view’ on sex selection but to carefully consider the impact on other countries before allowing changes to current legislation. True, no country is an island, not even the British Isles. Still, outlawing a harmless practice in Great Britain because of its alleged harmful effects in other countries is bad…Read more
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209The majority of German specialists in reproductive medicine opposes preimplantation sex selection for nonmedical reasons while recommending preimplantation sex selection for medical reasons, e.g. X-linked diseases like haemophilia.
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436Sex Selection: Morality, Harm, and the LawSouthern Medical Journal 100 (1): 105-106. 2007.Given that sex selection does not harm anyone, there is no moral justification for a legal ban.
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1126Preconception Sex Selection: Demand and Preferences in the United StatesFertility and Sterility 85 (2): 468-473. 2006.Preconception sex selection for nonmedical reasons raises important moral, legal, and social issues. The main concern is based upon the assumption that a widely available service for sex selection will lead to a socially disruptive imbalance of the sexes. For a severe sex ratio distortion to occur, however, at least two conditions have to be met. First, there must be a significant preference for children of a particular sex, and second, there must be a considerable interest in employing sex sele…Read more
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380Gender Preferences and Demand for Preconception Sex Selection: A Survey Among Pregnant Women in PakistanHuman Reproduction 22 (2): 605-609. 2007.BACKGROUND: In its recent report 'Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law', the House of Commons' Select Committee on Science and Technology called for greater efforts to establish the potential demographic impact of sex selection across all sectors of UK society. Given the well-known preference for boys over girls among some communities, there is concern that a readily available service for social sex selection may upset the balance of the sexes. Of particular interest are the gender prefer…Read more
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808The Ten Most Common Objections to Sex Selection and Why They Fail To Be ConclusiveReproductive Biomedicine Online 14 (1): 158-161. 2007.After its review of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act of 1990, the Department of Health concluded that the British Parliament ought to outlaw sex selection for any but the most serious of medical reasons. This paper reviews the most frequently expressed objections to social sex selection and concludes that there is simply no moral justification for prohibiting parents from using sex selection technology to balance their families.
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244Should Parents Be Allowed to Use Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis to Choose the Sexual Orientation of Their Children?Human Reproduction and Genetic Ethics 18 (7): 1368-1369. 2003.Extending the application of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to screen embryos for non-medical traits such as gender, height and intelligence, raises serious moral, legal, and social issues. In this paper I consider the possibility of using PGD to select the sexual orientation of offspring. After considering ®ve potential objections, I conclude that parents should be permitted to use PGD to choose the sexual orientation of their children.
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1322Preconception Gender Selection: A Threat to the Natural Sex Ratio?Reproductive Biomedicine Online 10 (1): 116-118. 2005.This brief paper summarizes a series of postal investigations on the acceptance of selection for X or Y spermatozoa. These were conducted mainly in Germany but also in the UK, the Netherlands and the US. Selected families were approached with a series of questions about their wish to use sperm selection, and their choice of boys or girls. In general, large majorities opposed this approach for family balancing or sex selection on the basis of cost and inconvenience of the treatment. The view was …Read more
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270Evolution, Morality and the Law: On Valerie J. Grant’s Case Against Sex SelectionProceedings of the First International Conference on Bioethics in Human Reproduction Research in the Muslim World 21 (12): 3303-3304. 2006.
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Die Kunst, glücklich zu sein. Arthur Schopenhauer im Lichte der empirischen GlücksforschungSchopenhauer Jahrbuch 89 77-89. 2008.
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569Sex Selection: Sorting Sperm As a Gateway to the Sorting Society?In Janna Thompson (ed.), The Sorting Society: The Ethics of Genetic Screening and Therapy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 21-35. 2008.The Sorting Society: The Ethics of Genetic Screening and Therapy. Edited by Loane Skene & Janna Thompson, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008