The ethics of sex selection and family balancing

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-321

  Macklin, Ruth ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

family balancing; reproductive liberty; Sex selection; sperm sorting

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; FAMILY BALANCING; FAMILY LIFE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEX SELECTION; SEXISM; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERM SORTING; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955379182     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255179     Document Type: Review

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