Grex Glb Conference Item 57

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Children

Sep 20 13:11 UTC 2000

Jdeigert asks same-sex couples, or even singles, who would like to raise
children, if they prefer that their children be of the same biological sex
as them, and of the same sexual orientation.  Are there any readers of this
conference who are homosexual and already raising children?  Is it possible
to choose the sex of a child conceived by artificial insemination?

2 responses total.

mooncat

response 1 of 2:

Oct 5 19:48 UTC 2000

Possible to chose a child's sex? Technically yes, will doctors do it is 
another matter- and how much it costs is a LOT.

Doctors have been known to separate sperm for couples who know of very 
specific sex-linked genetic problems and want a child of the opposite 
sex to try to avoid those problems.

I'm not sure how common this is, the procedure being done I mean, but I 
can only think that right now it's really rare, and ungodly expensive 
for mere humans. <grins>

orinoco

response 2 of 2:

Oct 11 01:20 UTC 2000

I imagine also that doctors who are willing to do such a procedure to avoid
a sex-linked genetic disorder would be less willing to do it because the
parents prefer one sex.  Or at least, I would hope they'd be less willing.

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