On Father’s Day, Kim Kardashian announced to the world that she and hubby Kanye West are giving North West, 2, a baby bro:
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Most couples share their baby’s gender on social media after they experience the exciting reveal themselves at the doctor’s office. That was apparently never the case for Kimye.
According to Us, the couple used in vitro fertilization (IVF) sex selection to ensure that baby number two would be a little dude—no revelations necessary.
“She only had boy embryos implanted,” a source close to Kim reportedly told Us, while another source close to Kanye reportedly told the publication, “Kanye loves Nori more than anything, but to make his world complete, he wanted a little boy, an heir.” (Definitely sounds like Kanye, right?)
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This idea of choosing the sex of your baby via IVF when there’s no medical reason for it (such as avoiding a sex-linked genetic disorder) but so that you have both girls and boys in the fam is referred to as “sex selection for family balancing.” It’s pretty controversial.
First, the basics—a.k.a., how it goes down: Using a technique called preimplantation genetic screening (PGS), embryos generated via IVF are genetically tested, which reveals the sex. Then, only the embryos that are the sex that the parents are hoping for are transferred into the mom’s uterus.
In a statement from the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) on using reproductive technology for sex selection for nonmedical reasons, the group wrote: “Recognizing reasoned differences of opinion, the ASRM Ethics Committee has not reached consensus on whether it is ethical for providers to offer [assisted reproductive technology] for sex selection for nonmedical purposes. Arguments regarding patient autonomy and reproductive liberty have been offered in support of the practice. Risks and burdens of the procedure, gender bias, sex stereotyping and non-acceptance of offspring, efforts to guard against coercion, and issues of justice all raise concerns about the practice.”
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