Noted & Quoted in: The UNPFA, August 6, 2005
Tue, September 20 2005
New Pregnancy Tests Identifies Sex
Noted & Quoted in: The United Nations Population Fund, August 6-12, 2005
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The United Nations Population Fund |
The Asian Pacific Post reported August 11 that the Baby Gender Mentor test kit, a new blood test that enables expectant mothers to find out the gender of their baby as early as five weeks into the pregnancy, is sending jitters around the world. Experts fear the test, available for purchase on the Internet will fuel trends in Asia, especially India and China where the number of boys born each year outstrips girls far beyond the natural ratio of about 105 boys to every 100 girls. A recent UNFPA report said the practice of gender selection is widespread in India, where affluent parents are killing tens of thousands of fetal girls per year, hoping for a boy instead.
