“Should parents have the right to choose the sex of their future child? Should it be legalized in Australia for non-medical reasons?" Whether gender selection should be legalized in Australia so that all parents have the right to choose the sex of their child or whether it should remain illegal except for problems caused by sex-related diseases related doctors create a discussion. Selections of different conditions are collected and discussed which offer a variety of different perspectives on gender selection. Some topics that will be discussed will be; what is gender selection and how does it work, who could access this process and how much it would cost the average person, whether it should be legalized or not, why it is currently illegal in Australia and what local survey participants think about the topic. What is gender selection, what are the different processes and how does each one work they? Gender selection occurs when a couple is so desperate to achieve a specific gender that they go to an in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinic and ask them to take a test that will determine the sex of the embryo. Gender selection involves a variety of ways that people believe help choose the sex of the baby, such as the Ericsson method, the Shettles method, the Whelan method and sex selection kits, none of the above have been supported scientifically, so they will not be discussed in any way further (IVF-info.org, 2013). According to the IVF-info website the two most popular and which guarantee success to a certain extent are the pre-implantation gender diagnosis (PGD) and the Microsort method. The PGD method has been shown to have almost 100% success, while the Microsort method has a 90% success rate for women and 74% success rate...... half of the paper..... .oc.gov/law/help/ sex-selection/australia.php [accessed 16 March 2014].3. IVF information In the text: (IVF-info, 2013) Bibliography: IVF info, (2013). [online] Available at: http://ivf-info.org/gender-selection [accessed February 15, 2014].4. BBC News - Couples should be able to choose the sex of their baby In the text: (Wilkinson, 2014) Bibliography: Wilkinson, S. (2014). BBC News - Couples should be able to choose the sex of their baby. [online] News.bbc.co.uk. Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8665282.stm [accessed 24 February 2014].5. It's a boy! It's a girl! It's whatever parents should want it to be! In the text: (English, 2014) Bibliography: English, C. (2014). It's a boy! It's a girl! It's whatever parents should want it to be!. [online] PolicyMic. Available at: http://www.policymic.com/articles/15191/sex-selection-of-fetuses-is-a-parental-right [accessed February 25. 2014].