Ethics of sex selection for family balancing: Family balancing as a morally acceptable application of sex selection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2339-2343

  Pennings, Guido ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO;

ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 0030281202     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019109     Document Type: Review

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