Couple with three sons abort twin boys conceived with IVF - and they will try again for a girl as their first daughter died
A married couple who aborted twin boys the wife was expecting after IVF treatment have gone to court to choose the sex of their next child – because they want a girl.The husband and wife already have three sons and said they now want to have a girl after their baby daughter died soon after birth.
They are both aged in their 30s and have taken their case to a legal tribunal after an independent medical body known as the Patient Review Panel rejected their bid to choose the gender of their next child using IVF.
The couple said they had made the decision to terminate the twin boys but could not continue to have unlimited numbers of children.
And they warned that If their bid to have a daughter fails, they said they would go to America for IVF treatment in a bid to conceive a girl.
The case, in Australia, is to be reviewed by the State of Victoria's Civil and Administrative Tribunal which has the power to reverse the earlier decision and will hear the case in March.
The unidentified woman conceived her three boys naturally and said she loves her sons but would do anything to have a daughter.
Her husband, who also cannot be identified, said: 'After what we have been through we think we are due for a bit of luck. 'We know we definitely won't be replacing her in any way, but want the chance to have the baby girl we don't have.'
Abortion time limits in Australia vary from state to state.
But in Victoria where the couple live and where this is taking place, changes to abortion laws were passed in 2008 after Victoria Premier John Brumby announced: 'Our existing laws are out of step with community sentiment.' - dailymail.co.uk