Israel: Committee calls for law to govern sex selection

November 1, 2006

Three couples among 124 who have applied to a Health Ministry national committee for choosing the sex of their fetus were given permission, 39 were rejected, and the rest have not yet received an answer, said Professor Vaclav Insler, chairman of the approval body during a joint session of the Knesset’s Labor, Social Affairs and Health Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. (Jerusalem Post)