Picking Your Child's Gender

Usually parents who are expecting a child are in for a surprise on the day of the birth, will it be a girl or a boy? Now thanks to huge scientific leaps people can have the option of picking the gender of their new baby. A new technology called, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, allows parents to mainly test the embryos for genetic diseases that might have been passed down from the father or mother. This process is done through in vitro fertilization, in which the egg fertilization is completed outside the body, therefore allowing the parents to select the gender.

This process is, like other controversial topics, having to withstand debates from each side of the spectrum. Some people feel this new procedure is uncalled for and allowing us to "play God." Others believe this is just another "cosmetic procedure," for which we should be able to pay the $18,000 fee if we want and if we are financially capable. This debate is not going to end any time soon and more details are available in this CNN article. Now all that's left to think about is if you would determine your child's gender?