Do I Qualify?
Find out if you're eligible for gender selection with MicroSort
You can qualify for MicroSort based on two separate guidelines—depending on your reason for seeking gender selection.
MicroSort is available to families who:
• Seek family balancing (equal gender representation)
• Wish to avoid X-linked disorders
What are the qualifications for family balancing?
Couples who want to use MicroSort to balance the genders of their children must:
• Be married
• Have at least one child
• Sort for the underrepresented gender in the family
• Be negative for HIV, and Hepatitis B surface antigen and C antibody
What are the qualifications for couples at risk for X-linked disorders?
Couples who want to use MicroSort to reduce the probability of genetic disease transmission must:
• Be married
• Be a known carrier of an X-linked or X-limited disorder
• Be negative for HIV, and Hepatitis B surface antigen and C antibody
How does MicroSort define family balancing?
Family balancing means bringing the number of children of each gender closer to equal in a family.
You can’t use MicroSort for family balancing if:
• You are seeking treatment for a first child
• Your family already has an equal number of boys and girls
• You want to sort for an over-represented gender in your family
To prove you qualify to use MicroSort for family balancing, you must provide copies of birth certificates for all your children. Any circumstance inconsistent with our standards for family balancing or that avoids full reporting of all children may prevent your participation in MicroSort.
If your pregnancy will involve a gestational carrier, MicroSort will only provide sorting for one pregnancy attempt at a time. This policy helps avoid a family imbalance due to multiple simultaneous pregnancies.
Additional vials of sorted semen may be released only if:
• The intended use meets our standards for family balancing
How does MicroSort help reduce the risk for X-linked disorders?
Most X-linked disorders affect males more than females. These include several forms of X-linked mental retardation, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other X-linked muscular dystrophies, as well as hemophilia and many other less common X-linked diseases.
If you’re at risk for transmitting an X-linked genetic disorder, reduce your risk of having an affected child by using MicroSort to increase your chances of having a girl. A genetics professional can determine whether you and your family might prevent genetic disease by gender selection using MicroSort.