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Australia may reconsider gender selection prohibition

Published Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:44 AM
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Last year, Australian mums hoping to choose their baby's gender got a shock when the Australian Health Ethics Committee banned the use of IVF for family balancing.

Today, Australian fertility specialists are calling for a review of the ban, calling a similar review of sex selection options in the UK "refreshing and encouraging".

Sex selection is not done lightly and when it was done it was always for family balancing reasons.

I find it interesting that if you go to a dinner party and a pregnant woman and her partner with three boys are there and they announce they are having a girl, everyone is delighted for them. No one accuses them of devaluing their sons.

If the technology is used responsibly, we should allow people to make their own reproductive choices, and the Government should get out of the bedroom.

by Maureen

Comments

# deanne said on Friday, August 19, 2005 9:59 PM

Im all for gender selection in the case where you have 2 or more genders the same....I am a mum to 3 handsome boys and would love a girl to balance out our family.Most who disagree with gender selection I think are those who already have one of each and dont understand.

# Emmerson said on Monday, December 05, 2005 10:03 PM

I come from New Zealand and have two lovely sons, Australia was my one hope to try and concieve a girl through IVF. After two pregnancies with terrible morning sickness I felt that I didn't wan't to go through another unless it was a girl.
That option has now been removed, I cannot concieve naturally through personal fear of it being another boy, and not knowing how to cope with my emotions. Now I get jealous when I see others with little girls and I do suffer depression believe it or not from this. They should reconsider as I do think that it can cause serious health issues for woman that do not have a child of either sex, emotionally and mentally.