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Boy or Girl
Should You Choose the Sex of Your Child?
By Virginia Gilbert
While some may accuse these couples of playing God, partners attempting gender selection usually have practical reasons for doing so. Quality of life becomes an issue for both parents and child. For instance, will the child be so handicapped that he's in continual discomfort? What will happen to this child if the parents are no longer able to care for him? Will the parents' marriage weather the stress of raising a boy who will never live a normal life?
In MSNBC's "Breaking Bioethics" column, Glenn McGee, a leading bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, writes: "It is expensive to have hereditary predisposition to disease." Economics motivates not only prospective parents whose finances will be strained by their child's long-term medical care, but our healthcare system as well.
"In the next century medical institutions will certainly offer ... discounts for families who take high-tech precautions that result in a less expensive birth," prophesizes McGee.
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