Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 6, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 ? a a j i he in a. To sex selection method gives birth to controversy Canadian press Toronto a a sex selection method that caused an uproar in Europe two years ago is available in Canada now and the woman who markets the product from her Home says response has been fabulous. For $499, Toronto based right baby inc. Claims to provide would be parents with the tools to predetermine their child a sex. It is the Only North american franchisee of the controversial Selinas method which evolved from the research of French cellular biologist Patrick Schoun. According to promotional material the method works on a cellular receptors on the ovum Are Able to communicate with incoming sperm recognizing and accepting Only an x female or y male chromosome. A each Mother has a biological clock which alternates within a predictable Cycle accepting and rejecting the y boy or x girl sperm a it claims. Right baby inc. Provides a Calendar based on information Given by a couple which a identifies the Days that Are right for the Conception of a boy or girl according to the parents a we can determine when the eggs will attract certain chromosomes a says Tina Kolar the principal and sole employee of right baby. A with this information would be parents can produce a baby boy or a baby hopeful parents fill out a questionnaire detailing their occupation when the future Mother had her first period whether the period was induced and How Long it took to achieve previous conceptions. They then receive a 12-month Calendar that highlights the times to attempt Conception. Kolar who markets the products from her Home believes the real Selling Point of the Selinas selection Nat Urelle do Sexe method is that it is natural. A a we be has a fabulous response a she says. A people can to believe its natural but it is. It is based on the body a Kolar first heard about the method through Media reports. A Mother of one with no previous biomedical experience she contacted Hugh de Meyer president of the French company Materna which holds the International Patent for the method and markets it in Europe. Materna granted her a License to Market the method in Canada. Materna claims the product has met with unparalleled Success. Market tests of 155 couples conducted during the first year of the products availability in France showed a better than 95 per cent Success rate. Further clinical trials showed an apparent Success rate of 97.5 per cent. But some Arentt convinced of the science behind the Selinas method. Renowned British medical journal the lancet refused to publish or. Schoun a original findings because the research be considered scientific. Doctors concerns about the ethics of using sex selection methods prompted health Canada to declare a voluntary moratorium on sex selection techniques and asked doctors not to recommend them. But the Selinas method is exempt because it Isnit considered a medical procedure. R Sims r a . Ita Vav a a rail Jill. Fwd to a a if t#0 i Boneless smoked Boneless Ham olympic country classic smoked fully cooked 5 lbs smoked Ham fully cooked partly skinned whole or halves 3.06 pkg Ham sausage sausage Sticks bums Salami summer beef Salami or Pepperoni 500 g Boneless Ham j grimms gift wrapped smoked fully cooked old fashioned or Black Forest 1 pkg these Sale prices effective until december 26 Mastercard to limit Purchase to retail quantities. Not Iii Lens a pork loin Center Cut chops fresh regular or fast Fry warehouse pack 8.13 pkg Boneless pork leg roast fresh warehouse pack 6.59 pkg breast Bone removed fresh regular or Sweet amp sour Cut warehouse pack 5.49 pkg fresh warehouse pack 11.00 pkg ;