to discuss this further and now we're going to bring in political activist kate smith weight and josephine quint of all the founder of comment on reproductive ethics which focuses on ethical dilemmas in reproduction thanks very much both of you for coming on to the program kate let's start with you the kind of treatment that gender selection involves is usually reserved for women who suffered multiple miscarriages or there might be family genetic disorders like. muscular dystrophy which usually affects boys in your opinion should this kind of treatment be offered to everybody. well you know first of all let's just talk about what the reasons of why people would choose to do that you know i mean you correctly mention that there are medical conditions which either only affect boys or only affect girls and it's actually fairly standard practice in lots of places around the world for couples who have a family history of those kind of conditions to be given i.v.'s and given the opportunity to select the gender of child that is less likely to suffer from those conditions i think we would all tak

we discussed this issue with political activist kate smith white and josephine quinta val who's the founder of comment on reproductive ethics which focuses on ethical dilemmas in the protection there are medical conditions which either only affect boys or only affect girls and it's actually fairly standard practice in lots of places around the world for couples who have a family history of those kind of conditions to be given i.v.'s from given the opportunity to select the gender of child that is less likely to suffer from those conditions i think we would all take steps to try and make sure that children were less likely to have problems later in life in all sorts of different ways the idea of just choosing the sex of your child based on a whim i think you know i think to me it sounds horrifying but what we should be asking really is the question what kind of cultural reliving it if people have a really strong feeling if people really really only want of course should we be forcing those people to have a girl do we want a girl raised in a family that really only wants a boy in a culture th

kate here. i want to start with barbara smith, our long-time acting director of the housing authority to help us understand what is happening and how it happened and what we know and what we need to do to protect our most vulnerable citizens. >> good afternoon supervisor peskin and supervisor brown. and members of the public. thank you for providing me with an opportunity to update you on the san francisco housing authority's distressful shortfall situation. i too am dismayed by this unacceptable shortfall situation that we are experiencing with the housing voucher program. this is particularly distressful after years of dedicated managers and staff digging our way out of trouble status and working our -- out to fully utilize the program that funds to better serve our most vulnerable residents and expand our subsidy programs for thousands of households in need. i want to assure you that everything that we are doing, we are doing everything possible to work carefully with the mayor's office of housing and community development and the u.s. department of housing and development to guarantee that t

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smith, bbc news, glasgow. the duke and duchess of cambridge have taken part in a summit in london aimed at helping to improve mental health around the world. prince william and katehancock. experts and policy makers are attending the two—day event to discuss issues such as how to deal with the stigma and perception of mental health. the bbc has confirmed that the comedian seann walsh will be dancing with his partner katya jones on strictly this saturday. it follows speculation that the pair might have to quit the show after they found themselves on the front pages this morning, photographed kissing on a night out. msjones is married to another dancer on the show, the girlfriend of seann walsh has publicly chucked him and criticised his behaviour towards her. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has the latest. seann walsh and his dance partner katya jones wowing the audience and the judges on saturday night's strictly. they were watched by millions at home... ..and cheered on in the studio by walsh's girlfriend rebecca humphries, apparently unaware that walsh and his strictly partner had kissed after a night out that followed one of their dance rehearsals.