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| Will Gattaca Come True?[Quotes CGS's Marcy Darnovsky]by Mara Hvistendahl, SlateApril 27th, 2012Noninvasive, early fetal tests for sex, paternity, and chromosomal conditions will change pregnancy dramatically — and raise tricky ethical questions. |
| Mara Hvistendahl's Unnatural Selection Finalist for Pulitzer by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesApril 26th, 2012Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men has been cited as one of the best books of 2011 by many publications, and has now been recognized by the Pulitzer Board as a finalist for the General Nonfiction award. |
| Boy or Girl? Why Dads Want Sons, but Moms Want Daughters.Women strongly prefer daughters while men wants sons, a study finds. Could this lead to sex selection?by Bonnie Rochman, TimeJanuary 19th, 2012A Canadian survey finds significant preferences about the preferred sex of offspring; a medical journal editorializes that parents shouldn’t learn their baby-to-be’s sex until after 30 weeks of pregnancy.
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| The Daughter’s ReturnA glimmer of hope in the sad tale of sex-selective abortion in IndiaThe EconomistDecember 31st, 2011Recent evidence suggests that India’s sex ratio at birth swung from 924 females per 1,000 males in 2004-05 to 977 in 2011, a turnaround in favor of girls that breaks with census data.
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