The World Health Organization defines sex selection as “the practice of using medical techniques to choose the sex of offspring” (“Sex Selection and Discrimination”). Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and other techniques could increase the prevalence of sex selection. For example, a survey reported that “forty-two percent of clinics offering PGD have provided PGD for nonmedical sex selection” (Baruch 1056). However, the ability to act does not sanction the action. Thus, to discuss the ethics specific to sex selection, consider this situation: parents can safely and affordably choose…