Attitudes towards sex selection for non-medical reasons: a review

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 619-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Hall ◽  
Erin Reid ◽  
Theresa M. Marteau
Keyword(s):  
Sex Selection ◽  
Selection For

Pre-conceptual sex selection

2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (46) ◽  
pp. 1815-1819
Author(s):  
Máté Julesz
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
The United States ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
Reproductive Justice ◽  
Medically Assisted Procreation ◽  
Family Balancing ◽  
European Health ◽  
Selection For ◽  
The Catholic Church

According to Article 14 of the Oviedo Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine of the Council of Europe, the use of techniques of medically assisted procreation shall not be allowed for the purpose of choosing a future child’s sex, unless serious hereditary sex-related disease is to be avoided. In Israel and the United States of America, pre-conceptual sex selection for the purpose of family balancing is legal. The European health culture does not take reproductive justice for part of social justice. From this aspect, the situation is very similar in China and India. Reproductive liberty is opposed by the Catholic Church, too. According to the Catholic Church, medical grounds may not justify pre-conceptual sex selection, though being bioethically less harmful than family balancing for social reasons. In Hungary, according to Section 170 of the Criminal Code, pre-conceptual sex selection for the purpose of family balancing constitutes a crime. At present, the Hungarian legislation is in full harmony with the Oviedo Convention, enacted in Hungary in 2002 (Act No. 6 of 2002). Orv. Hetil., 2014, 155(46), 1815–1819.

scholarly journals Practical Applications of Sperm Selection Techniques as a Tool for Improving Reproductive Efficiency

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Morrell ◽  
H. Rodriguez-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Hyaluronic Acid ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
Female Reproductive Tract ◽  
Sperm Selection ◽  
Domestic Species ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Hyaluronic Acid Binding

Modern biotechnologies are used extensively in the animal breeding industry today. Therefore, it is essential that sperm handling procedures do not modulate the normal physiological mechanisms occurring in the female reproductive tract. In this paper, the different selection mechanisms occurringin vivoare described briefly, together with their relevance to artificial insemination, followed by a detailed description of the different selection processes used in reproductive biotechnologies. These selection methods included fractionated semen collection, cryopreservation, biomimetic sperm selection, selection based on hyaluronic acid binding, and last, but not least, sperm sex selection. Biomimetic sperm selection for AI or for cryopreservation could improve pregnancy rates and help to reverse the decline in fertility seen in several domestic species over the recent decades. Similarly, selection for hyaluronic acid binding sites may enable the most mature spermatozoa to be selected for IVF or ICSI.

Sex Selection by Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) for Nonmedical Reasons in Contemporary Israeli Regulations

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD V. GRAZI ◽  
JOEL B. WOLOWELSKY ◽  
DAVID J. KRIEGER
Keyword(s):  
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis ◽  
Genetic Diseases ◽  
Genetic Diagnosis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
Gender Ratio ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
American Law ◽  
Selection For ◽  
American Society

We report here on recent developments in Israel on the issue of sex selection for nonmedical reasons by preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Sex selection for medical reasons (such as in cases of sex-linked genetic diseases) is generally viewed as uncontroversial and legal in European and American law. Its use for nonmedical reasons (like “balancing” the gender ratio in a family) is generally illegal in European countries. In the United States, it is not illegal, although in the opinion of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), it is problematic. This position is undergoing reconsideration, albeit in a limited way.

scholarly journals Sex and Selection for A Quantitative Character in Drosophila. I.Single-Sex Selection

1968 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Frankham
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
Quantitative Character ◽  
Selection Differential ◽  
Additive Genetic Variation ◽  
Bristle Number ◽  
Selection For

Selection for abdominal bristle number was done in six lines, three with selection in females only and three in males only_ Selection was equally effective (for a given selection differential) when carried out in either sex, even though more than one-third of the additive genetic variation was sex linked_ Most response in a given sex was found in the treatment selected in that sex. Relaxed lines failed to show fluctuating scores in the two sexes as predicted by Griffing (1965). Epistatic decay may have masked these effects.

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