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377 ”three-parent babies”

David Derbys.h.i.+re, ”Babies with THREE Parents and Free of Genetic Disease Could Soon Be Born Using Controversial IVF Technique,” Daily Mail, March 12, 2011.

378 genetic modification is one that will affect

James Gallagher, ”Three-Person IVF 'Is Ethical' to Treat Mitochondrial Disease,” BBC, June 11, 2012,

379 be left to the pregnant woman herself, at least in the earlier stages of the pregnancy

World Public Opinion, ”World Publics Reject Criminal Penalties for Abortion,” June 18, 2008, /pipa/articles/btjusticehuman_rightsra/492.php.

380 that are designed to identify the gender of the embryo

Rachel Rickard Straus, ”To Ensure Prized Baby Boy, Indians Flock to Bangkok,” Times of India, December 27, 2010.

381 abortion of 500,000 female fetuses each year

Madeleine Bunting, ”India's Missing Women,” Guardian, July 22, 2011.

382 better enforce the prohibition against the s.e.x selection of children

”Delhi Govt to Crack Down on s.e.x-Selection Tests,” Times of India, January 5, 2012.

383 identification procedures in India utilize ultrasound machines

Bunting, ”India's Missing Women.”

384 Some couples from India

Straus, ”To Ensure Prized Baby Boy, Indians Flock to Bangkok.”

385 blood samples taken from pregnant mothers

”Baby s.e.x ID Test Won't Be Sold in China or India Due to Fears of 'Gender Selection,' ” a.s.sociated Press, August 10, 2011.