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Fatal Knowledge? Prenatal Diagnosis and Sex Selection
Author(s) -
Wertz Dorothy C.,
Fletcher John C.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562739
Subject(s) - sex selection , selection (genetic algorithm) , neutrality , psychology , social psychology , sociology , law , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence , demography
Moral and social arguments weigh heavily against performing medical procedures solely for purposes of sex selection. The medical profession has a responsibility to abandon its posture of ethical neutrality and take a firm stand now against sex selection.