近年来,通过遗传技术可以选择婴儿性别之说在英国甚嚣尘上。许多夫妇希望通过这一方法生一个其性别符合自己愿望的婴儿。为了迎合这部分人的心情,今年年初伦敦开设了一个所谓“性别诊所”,该诊所采用了美国人 R·埃里克松在大约20年前发明的方法来替人们选择婴儿的性别。但是不少科学家对这一方法嗤之以鼻。他们认为该方法缺乏严格的科学依据,开设这类诊所不过 In recent years, it has become increasingly rampant in the United Kingdom to choose the baby's gender through genetic technology. Many couples hope that through this method they will have a baby whose gender matches their own wishes. To cater to those people, a so-called “sex clinic” was opened in London earlier this year that employed the method invented by American R. Eriksson about 20 years ago to choose the gender of a baby. However, many scientists scoff at this method. They think the method lacks strict scientific basis for setting up such clinics