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Govt unlikely to lift ban on choosing babies' sex

Published: March 15, 2010

The federal government is unlikely to push for removal of a ban on baby gender selection when a five-year moratorium on the issue expires this year, says Health Minister Nicola Roxon.

The five-year ban has limited exceptions such as where it can be shown that a child of a particular gender faces a high risk of inheriting a genetic disease from a parent. It expires this year and the National Health and Medical Research Council is reviewing its guidelines, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Ms Roxon said she was happy for a review but added: "I need to flag that the government has not set down this path because we wish to make any changes.

"And, at a personal level, I am very uncomfortable about the suggestions that such a change might be made."

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Ban on choosing baby gender to stay (Sydney Morning Herald)

 

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  1. I hope that this article is right about such an important ban staying in place. We want to eliminate sexism in society and lifting this ban could create a new and especially horrible type of sexism. Just look at what is happening in China where many people want to choose the sex of their child. The ratio of men to women is 120 to 100 and countless baby girls are murdered (both before and after birth).

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