Abstract：
:This article reports the results from a study of couples participating in a research protocol in which IVF/preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was available for non-medical sex selection. The study sought to characterize the moral attitudes and beliefs of couples actively pursuing IVF/PGD solely for purposes related to sex selection. Eighteen couples participated in ethnographic interviews from November 2005 to April 2006. These interviews explored couples' motivations for pursuing sex selection, moral beliefs and attitudes regarding sex selection and sources of moral ambivalence about the use of IVF/PGD for sex selection. Couples reported a combination of motivations for pursuing sex selection, including a desire to limit family size, concerns about parental age and financial concerns about multiple pregnancies. Many couples compared their decision to choices about abortion, maintaining that individuals have a right to make such decisions privately. Couples frequently expressed anxiety about telling their other children and family members about their plans to use IVF/PGD for sex selection. Few couples cited concerns about the physical or emotional burdens of IVF/PGD. The study's findings suggest that couples pursuing IVF/PGD for sex selection view this as an ethically complex decision and express considerable uncertainty about the ethical acceptability of this practice.
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Reprod Biomed Onlinejournal_title
Reproductive biomedicine onlineauthors
Sharp RR,McGowan ML,Verma JA,Landy DC,McAdoo S,Carson SA,Simpson JL,McCullough LBdoi
10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.09.009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-12-01 00:00:00pages
838-47issue
7eissn
1472-6483issn
1472-6491pii
S1472-6483(10)00623-1journal_volume
21pub_type
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