Designer babies? We're almost there, warns top Welsh doctor.(News)

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From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Date: 20050817
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Byline: By KIRSTY BUCHANAN Western Mail

A senior doctor last night warned that proposals to give couples new rights to choose their baby's gender are pushing Britain further towards Aldous Huxley's nightmare Brave New World vision of social engineering.

Tony Calland, chairman of the Welsh Council of the British Medical Association, said many would view plans to allow sex selection on non-medical grounds a step on the 'slippery slope' to designer ...

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