The United States’ Undisturbed Silence and the United Kingdom’s Strong Voice: Comparative Approaches to Regulation of Sex Selection

By Sheila Schwallie

Some governments have already developed opinions and drafted regulations on “designer babies” as bio-technological advances are getting close to making it a reality for parents to design their babies before in vitro fertilization. In the United Kingdom, heavy regulation of sex selection has been requested while the United States has not yet voiced a unified opinion on the issue despite the increasing use of sex selection procedures.

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