Simple blood tests are now available for would-be parents to learn about the gender and potential genetic anomalies of their… [Read More]
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Prenatal Testing for Gender Selection
She’s a Person, Not a Uterus: Fighting Women’s Global Health Disparities with Dignity
Post Date: 11/06/2017
Across the globe, it’s far too easy to find cases of women who are exploited, mistreated, harmed, and even killed… [Read More]
Preimplantation Genetic Testing Market to Witness Growth Owing to Rising Incidence of Different Gene-Related Disorders Till 2024: Grand View Research, Inc. (Med Gadget)
Post Date: 09/07/2017
Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) enables parents to discover the gender of their child and if the child has a disability…. [Read More]
NHS Blood Test that Screens Babies for Genetic Traits Such as Height and Hair Colour Could Cause a Surge in Abortions, Experts Warn (Daily Mail)
Post Date: 05/25/2017
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) during pregnancy, which screens for a variety of genetic traits in the child, is set to… [Read More]
Ban Early Pregnancy Blood Test to Curb Abortion of Baby Girls, Ethics Body Demands (Telegraph, 2017)
Post Date: 03/04/2017
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics in the UK has called for a ban on non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for the… [Read More]
Global Women’s Health, Commodification, and the Abortion Debate
Post Date: 02/01/2017
In 2012, The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity’s (CBHD) annual conference explored the theological roots of human dignity… [Read More]
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Market to Reach US$118.0 million by 2020, Expected Due to PGD for Aneuploidy Screening (Med Gadget)
Post Date: 01/19/2017
The market for PGD will continue to increase in the coming years as delays in conception among women, the occurrence… [Read More]
Son-Biased Sex Ratios in 2010 US Census and 2011–2013 US Natality Data (Almond, 2016)
Post Date: 01/04/2017
Almond, Douglas, and Yixin Sun, “Son-Biased Sex Ratios in 2010 US Census and 2011-2013 US Natality Data,” Social Science and… [Read More]
Waking Up to the Women’s Health Crisis
Post Date: 03/08/2013
For International Women’s Day, we’re taking the pulse on women’s health worldwide. A young woman in India, excited about… [Read More]
