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Australian attitudes toward sex-selection technology

Date

Authors

Kippen, Rebecca

Evans, Heather (Ann)

Gray, Edith

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Previous research based on analysis of fertility behavior and expressed preferences shows that many Australian parents want both a son and a daughter. However, most respondents to a representative survey of Australians did not approve of IVF or abortion for sex-selection purposes, and most did not think a hypothetical blue or pink pill to select sex of a child should be legal.

Keywords

Keywords: abortion; article; assistive technology; attitude to abortion; Australia; fertility; fertilization in vitro; government; human; interview; medicolegal aspect; parental attitude; priority journal; sex selection technology; social attitude; technology; Adol abortion; assisted reproductive technology; Australia; IVF; sex preferences; Sex selection; social survey

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/58260

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Fertility and Sterility

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.11.050

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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