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For many parents who know they are genetic carriers of a particular sex-linked disease (such as hemophilia), sex selection can increase the likelihood that their child will be born healthy.
Thus, women who are carriers of a severe sex-linked disease often choose to have no children at all or to terminate their pregnancy if prenatal testing reveals the fetus to be a boy.
It may be reasonable to consider choosing an embryo of a particular sex where there is a high probability of a sex-linked disease.
 
 
 
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