Sex selection

Indian P.M. calls sex selection a "national shame"
But critics say his speech doesn't go far enough to address the root causes of bias against girls.
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"It's a girl" is no longer a lament in South Korea.
Girl shortage spreads to Vietnam
Where will the rest of Asia find brides to import?
Girls just want to be born
South Korea flips a switch: The son is no longer No. 1.
It's a girl ... please
More parents are reportedly using fancy fertility techniques to have daughters.
Why wait? Find out your baby's sex at six weeks
A test from DNA Worldwide analyzes a mother's blood to determine her fetus' sex. Could it lead to sex selection?
India's "missing girls"
The Washington Times looks at the country's spate of sex-selective abortions and female infanticide.
The ethics of sex selection
Should parents be able to special-order boy and girl babies?
More on those lonely Chinese bachelors
Government announces crackdown on sex-selection abortion.
Millions of lonely would-be grooms in China
In just 15 years, the country will have 30 million more men than women of marriageable age.
Saved, or sacrificed?
Infanticide and abortion of female fetuses remain major problems in India, but some parents believe they're sparing their daughters lives of hardship.
$300 for your daughter's hand in marriage
A bride shortage in South Korea causes men to seek matches abroad.
Designer babies
Foreign families seek to legally gender-select embryos in the U.S.
Crackdown on aborting female fetuses
A doctor in India goes to jail for performing sex-selective tests and abortions.
40 million horny bachelors
Will sexually frustrated men be the cause of China's next war?
Missing women: Is nature or culture to blame?
Researchers tackle gender disparities in Asia and North Africa.
Indian society still doesn't think much of girls
A new study finds that half a million female fetuses are aborted there every year.
Pink? Blue? Take your pick
200 couples choose the gender of their babies in a study of why they'd want to.
Our shiny happy clone future
Procreation without sex, smarter babies and the right to choose the sexual orientation of your kids -- it's all good, says scientist Gregory Stock.
Clone free
Francis Fukuyama warns that the combination of runaway biotechnology and individual freedom could lead to a social nightmare.
Japanese want baby girls; Indians choose boys
As parents coordinate their babies' sexes ahead of time, the male-female ratio gets even more skewed.
Hot Flash: I want your sex
How ethical is it to choose the sex of your baby, and what does it mean for the future of the human race?
I want your sex
How ethical is it to choose the sex of your baby, and what does it mean for the future of the human race?

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