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Should Couples Be Able to Pick Babies By Gender?

Submitted by LiveScience Staff

posted: 15 June 2009 12:23 pm ET

Census data suggest that among American families of Chinese, Korean or Indian descent, when the first child is a girl, the ratio of second children being boys goes up to 1.17-to-1, and if the second child is a girl, the odds of a boy on the third try goes up to 1.51-to-1 (a 50 percent increase), The New York Times reports.

This suggests sex-selection techniques available from fertility specialists are being used for culture-based decisions on which eggs to implant.

Last week, news of a home test for gender of a fetus raised fears among some that it could be used to make abortion decisions.

Read full story at The New York Times

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