A Boy for You, a Girl for Me: Technology Allows Choice: WP

[demnan]

Embryo Screening Stirs Ethics Debate

Kristen and John Magill adore all three of their daughters -- 11-year-old twins and a 5-year-old baby sister. But when they began to plan for their next -- and last -- child, the Magills really wanted a boy.

"My husband is a 'Junior' and has a family business that he wants to continue in the family name," said Kristen, 37, of Grafton, Mass.

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So the Magills combined a family trip to Disneyland in August with a stop at a Los Angeles fertility clinic that enables couples to pick the sex of their babies. Kristen is now expecting twin boys.

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More:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62067-2004Dec13.html

So what do you guys think of this?

[theorist]

1. Pro-choice for the rich.

I hope anyone who does this, is pro-choice, because any "undesired" embryos are necessarily discarded. But like all new technologies, this will only be available for the rich. Oh yeah, and it's probably not a good idea for this to become widespread practice.

And another thing, why can't the girls take over the business? Wait a minute.... :grr: