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Science: Brave New Babies; Parents now have the power to choose the sex of their children. But as technology answers prayers, it's raising some troubling questions.(Cover Story)
Byline: Claudia Kalb, Barbie Nadeau and Sarah Schafer, With Sudip Mazumdar, Joanna Chen, B. J. Lee, Michael Hastings and Karen Springen
Sharla Miller always wanted a baby girl, but the odds seemed stacked against her. Her husband, Shane, is one of three brothers, and Sharla and her five siblings (four girls, two boys) have produced twice as many males as females. After the Millers' first son, Anthony, was born in 1991, along came Ashton, now 8, and Alec, 4. Each one was a gift, says Sharla, but the desire for a girl never waned. "I'm best friends with my mother," she says. "I couldn't get it out of my mind that I want-ed a daughter." Two years ago Sharla, who had ...
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