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Indian State to Pay Families to Have Girlby Omer FarooqAssociated PressMarch 10th, 2005"A southern Indian state is offering to pay $2,300 to encourage families to have a single girl, part of an effort to reverse a dramatic drop in the number of female babies being born."
Firm hired to help find first stem cell chiefby Carl T. HallSan Francisco Chronicle February 4th, 2005Facing a May target for issuing its first stem cell research grants, directors of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine hired professional help Thursday to hunt for a chief executive while its first few staffers settle into temporary headquarters in the East Bay.
Shortage of girls forces China to criminalise selective abortionby Simon ParryThe Telegraph [UK]January 9th, 2005"The Chinese government is to make the selective abortion of female foetuses a criminal offence... in an attempt to tackle an unwanted side-effect of its 'one-child' policy."
Technology Allows Choice Embryo Screening Stirs Ethics Debateby Rob SteinWashington PostDecember 14th, 2004A long front-page article explores the growing use of sex selection for social reasons in the US
New Zealand LegislationGenetic CrossroadsDecember 2nd, 2004
Technology helps Indians choose baby's sexAustralian Broadcasting CompanyNovember 12th, 2004"The World Bioethics Congress in Sydney this week heard that despite laws limiting the use of prenatal and preconception technologies to diagnosing disease, such technologies were still being used to favour baby boys" in India.
It's a Boy! We Made Sure of Itby Kara PlatoniEast Bay ExpressNovember 3rd, 2004"Although still in clinical trials, the availability of gender selection for the masses has begun to permeate popular consciousness via the company's ads, which tout sperm sorting as a tool for 'family balancing.' "
In Search of Baby Perfectby Patricia ReaneyToday onlineSeptember 25th, 2004Singaporean couples are traveling to Malaysia for PGD, including for tissue typing and sex selection. "There are no legal guidelines for PGD to be performed in Malaysia."
Rush for designer babiesby Nick PappsThe Sunday Mail (Australia)September 5th, 2004"Hundereds of Australian couples are avoiding the law and buying designer babies in the United States_. While Australian women are selling their eggs for up to $20,000 a 'harvest.'"
Abbott seeks sex selection ban (Australia)by Suzanne SmithABC (Australia)August 30th, 2004Transcript of Australian TV program about using PGD for sex selection
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