Sex determination, prior to birth is treated as a serious offence in a number of countries to address the issue of female foeticide. As per the reports, in Australia, more than half of expecting parents attempts to identify the sex of embryo.

Meanwhile, a renowned Sydney based obstetrician has backed the concept and advocated that parents should be permitted to chose the sex of babies, at least after delivery of first child in order to establish a gender balance. Earlier in 2005, a ban introduced by the federal government had restricted families for making use of IVF to select the baby’s gender.

Consequently, Professor Michael Chapman, the Head of women's and children's health at the University of NSW, insisted that couples living as parent of one kid should be entitled to avail the facility to choose the sex of children and to maintain most suitable boy/girl ratio.

On the other hand, a majority of experts including Dr. Rupert Sherwood, the President of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, has criticized Professor Chapman for his suggestion and admired the government ruling.

Simultaneously, the Australian Families Association also spoke in loud against the suggestion. Tim Cannon, a Spokesman for the association, said: ''You start by allowing parents to select the sex of their children, the question is: what's next”?

However, the National Health and Medical Research Council are expected to make a decision on the ban, shortly.