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05/29/2008: "Indian couple abandons IVF 'wrong sex' babies"

The mum aged 59 and dad, 72, conceived in India with fertility treatment and returned to England for the birth.

They told horrified medics they did not want the "wrong sex" babies immediately after the Caesarean section in Wolverhampton.

The husband then asked how soon it would be before his wife was fit enough to fly out again for further IVF in the hope of getting a boy to continue the family name.

An NHS insider told The Sun: "Everyone is utterly appalled. How could any parent do this?"

[ It is ignorant and racist to be appalled by traditional Indian attitudes towards female offspring. ]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1220338.ece