Design Your Baby? A Utilitarian Look at Sex Selection

In vitro fertilization, more commonly known as IVF, is a fertility treatment in which eggs are fertilized with a sperm in a laboratory to form embryos and then are implanted into the uterus. In the process of IVF, preimplantation generic testing (PGT) is a technology available which allows practitioners to select embryos based on genetic characteristics, specifically, sex (Ginoza and Isasi). Reasons for sex selection can be classified into two main categories: medically necessary and elective (nonmedical) purposes (Lusine Aghajanova and Valdes). In medically necessary cases, it’s used to…