Masterton parents selecting gender

Alan and Louise Masterton who are at the centre of a new legal bid under the Human Rights Act to be allowed to select the sex of children, following the death of their daughter Nicole, pictured near their home in Monifieth near Dundee. * 18/10/2000: Alan and Louise Masterton were coming to terms with being told a ban on selecting their baby's sex will not be lifted . The couple, of Monifieth near Dundee, had launched a new legal bid under the Human Rights Act to be allowed to select the sex of children, following the death of their daughter Nicole in July 1999. But their hopes were dashed by Ruth Deech, the chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which regulates in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and currently bans sex selection except on medical grounds, said the rules would not be changed. (Photo by Ben Curtis - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)