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Should Parents Be Allowed to Choose the Gender of Their Children?
This edition explores the ethical issues related to sex selection. Selected articles are written from differing viewpoints and cover a variety of topics, including the potential for gender discrimination, the dangers posed by trait-based eugenics, reported occurrences of "gendercide" in China and India, and issues related to sex selective abortion.
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Review: Should Parents Be Allowed to Choose the Gender of Their Children?Each well-chosen selection raises fascinating questions about the legal and ethical aspects of each issue, inviting teens' empathy with personal histories as well as facts. With up-to-date, relevant resource lists and expertly edited selections, these volumes, like others in the venerable series, are natural choices to support high-school debates and classroom discussion.Booklist, March 2011RL
Grades
10-12+ IL
Grades
9-12+ 
