Reply #38: But it would be morally wrong to treat this lightly

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by taking the "just do it", utopian attitude of some who have posted on this thread. You are doing the rational, morally correct thing by doing the research, by asking these questions.

IMO, information changes the game. Now that we understand genetics, we have the responsibility to make better choices. Not doing so would be just as immoral as the religious fundamentalists who allow their children to die from a mild illness when they know that modern medicine can provide a simple cure.

IMO, it is your responsibility - with the knowledge you have - to try your best to ensure that your child will be normal: in your case, this means using whatever methods available to have a boy. And then inform your child so he knows what his odds are when he wants to have a child.

Many people will say that genetic engineering is evil because it encourages "designer babies"; I believe that it is far more evil to not use any tool readily available that can prevent human suffering - especially the suffering of our own children. And being born abnormal (and there is such a thing as normal and abnormal) does cause suffering in the real world, regardless of what some idealists say to the contrary.