Dahl Edgar
Centre for Dermatology and Andrology, University of Giessen, Germany.
Reprod Biomed Online. 2003 Oct-Nov;7(4):380-4. doi: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)61880-9.
Preconception sex selection for non-medical reasons raises serious moral, legal and social issues. The main concerns include the threat of a sex ratio distortion due to a common preference for boys over girls, the charge of sexism, the danger of reinforcing gender stereotypical behaviour in sex selected children, and the fear of a slippery slope towards creating designer babies. This paper endeavours to show that none of the objections to preconception sex selection is conclusive and that there is no justification for denying parents the right to choose the sex of their prospective children.
出于非医学原因的孕前性别选择引发了严重的道德、法律和社会问题。主要担忧包括因普遍存在的重男轻女偏好导致性别比例失衡的威胁、性别歧视的指控、在通过性别选择出生的儿童中强化性别刻板行为的危险，以及对滑向设计婴儿的担忧。本文旨在表明，对孕前性别选择的所有反对意见都不是决定性的，而且没有理由剥夺父母选择未来孩子性别的权利。
