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International Laws on Gender Selection

While high-tech methods of gender selection such as
PGD/PGS are relatively new, at least six nations have
already banned the use of gender selection technologies:
Australia, Canada, China, India and the UK. However, the
older methods of gender selection ultrasound or
amniocentesis plus abortion, and infanticide continue to
be practiced worldwide, particularly in some Asian nations
despite bans on these procedures.
The United Nations has stated that it opposes sex selection
for non-medical reasons (medical reasons would be to
prevent the passing on of genetic diseases), as does the
World Health Organization (WHO), which has stated that sex
selection for non-medical reasons raises serious moral,
legal, and social issues. Principal issues include, the
distortion of the natural sex ratio leading to a gender
imbalance and because it can reinforce discriminatory and
sexist stereotypes towards women by devaluing females (WHO, Gender and Genetics: Sex
Selection and Discrimination,
Discrimination,). The WHO defines sex selection as the practice of using
medical techniques to choose the sex of offspring, which encompasses a number of practices
including selecting embryos for transfer and implantation following IVF, and selectively
terminating a pregnancy.
In nations where gender selection is banned, people often travel to the United States, Mexico,
Italy, Thailand and other nations where its legal to undergo PGD/PGS. This new phenomenon
is called reproductive tourism where people travel for gender selection and general infertility
treatments such as IVF. For instance, in Australia, the Sydney IVF clinic discontinued its PGD sex
selection program in 2005 after the Australian Health Ethics Committee banned its use for nonmedical reasons. Many Australians now travel to Bangkok for sex selection procedures.
Ironically, Superior ART in Bangkok operates in conjunction with Sydney IVF, its parent
laboratory.

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