1. Have you heard any modern stories about how to increase the chance of having a boy or a girl? Why do you think people believe these stories?

2. Lesson 15 Objectives: To explain that allowing people to choose the sex of their baby may skew the sex balance of the population To explain the implication that this may have

3. 1. People have many reasons for wishing they could choose the sex of their child: Nita is pregnant. She and Sam have three girls already and they want their next baby to be a boy. 2. Jill and Stevens first child, a boy, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a genetic condition causing progressive muscle weakness. They know that if their next child is a boy, he too could develop DMD, but that if they have a daughter, she is unlikely to be affected. They want Jills next child to be a girl. aGive reasons why each couple want to select the sex of their next child. bDo you agree that these couples should be allowed to select the sex of their next child? Give reasons for your answers.

4. Worksheet – 15b Girl or Boy

6. Ethical animals – cloning animals