With new technology emerging in today’s society, there is a lot of controversy when it comes to a parent picking the gender of their baby. Many people are split on the decision of letting the odds be in their favor or letting science decide. In my personal opinion, I think that parents should be able to decide what the sex of their baby is. In this essay I will state why I believe they should be able to choose the sex and the facts behind it.
The first reason why parents should be able to choose is because the embryo is in no danger. Many doctors are to have said that manipulating an embryo to reveal which gender it is carries “intrinsic risk”. According to Dr. Mark Sauer, this is simply not true. "But when you've got millions of babies (who were screened in this way), you get less and less concerned that you are doing harm” said Sauer. These words from Sauer are extremely true. There are a great number of babies who have gone through this procedure and almost no case has encountered complications. This method is also great because of risk of disease by gender. For example, women who have a long history of breast cancer in their family. These parents might choose a male
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Though facts have proven male babies are extremely favored over female babies, I still do not believe there will be a huge increase in gender bias. There will not be a huge increase in gender bias because not everyone wants a male. People will still choose female embryos. Even if more people chose a male embryo it will not change the gender ratio drastically like many think. Also another reason that gender bias will not increase is because you can freeze other embryos. Say two parents want a boy first. They both can choose to have a boy, then later unfreeze other embryos and choose a girl. This is another reason why parents should be able to choose the sex of their baby and