The American Abolition of Boys, by Anne Hendershott

Choosing the sex of a child created through in vitro fertilization (IVF)  is banned in most countries throughout Europe.  It is forbidden in Switzerland and Austria and prohibited (except for medical reasons) in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Russia, Portugal, Norway, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Latvia.  And although some Latin American countries like Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, and Ecuador do not have a policy on the sex selection of a “future child,” the United States is an outlier in normalizing the sex-selection and design of children.

But, then again, the United States is an outlier in monetizing and commodifying the creation of designer children on demand. Rejecting previous concerns about how sex selection could raise concerns about creating societal gender imbalances and would lead to the destruction of normal embryos of the non-desired gender, few seem concerned about discrimination against female children now that according to the most recent reports, it appears white couples in the United States prefer girls. …