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UK Report Suggests Designer Offspring

Posted by Zonk on from the dino-babies dept.

chromakey writes "Several news agencies are reporting that the UK is considering allowing parents undergoing fertility treatment to select the sex of their unborn babies." Also covered in Q&A format by the BBC. From the article: "At the moment in the UK, sex selection is only permitted if there are strict medical reasons. This could be because there is a serious sex-linked disorder in the family, such as Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy."

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  1. This is not a Good Thing(tm) by cyocum · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is a bad idea. Why? Because people will throw the demographic balance of the species off in their area either because of cultural reasons or just out of plain ignorance. Think the dating scene is bad now. Think about how it would be if there were one girl to every three guys or vice versa.