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Friday, May 15, 2009

Boy or girl? You choose - Gender-Selection Technique Embraced for Hopeful Parents

PRNewswire - May 13, 2009

Couples can choose child's gender with less ethically charged method at Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area

SAN RAMON, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to growing numbers of couples who want to choose the sex of their next child, the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area (RSC) announced today that it now is offering an alternative gender-selection technique with fewer moral and ethical dilemmas.

The Ericsson method is based on manipulation of sperm -- not an embryo. According to the developer, this technique offers approximately a 70-percent chance of success of obtaining the desired gender at conception. Thousands of healthy babies have been born using this method, according to Ericsson's studies.


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