Brave New Babies

The article "Brave New Babies" discussed the new technology that allows parents to choose the sex of their babies and the moral questions that this new technology raises. Some people have no problem with it and believe that "family balancing" is a decision that should be left up to the individual couples. Others believe gender selection is sexist because people are choosing one gender and rejecting the other. There is also the question of what to do with the "wrong sex" embryos. Some may decide to terminate these embryos. I believe that sex selection is wrong because it could throw off the natural gender balance between males and females. It also is one more step towards designing our babies to have high intelligence or athleticism. Some things should just be left up to nature.