Conrad: The idea of taking the necessary steps to insure having a tall child is practicing individual eugenics, while attempting to create a society of tall people is the practice of population eugenics (Site 4).� One sounds much more dangerous than the other, but, many anti-eugenics supporters contend, these two forms of eugenics are too similar to allow one and forbid the other.

In China, policies exist which restrict individual couples to having a single child. This, in addition to the tendency of the Chinese favoring boys over girls, has led many couples to make sure that their child will be a boy. No laws exist to favor the male over the female, but the attitudes of the Chinese combined with a law limiting couples to one child has produced a monumental slide in the gender composition in favor of men (Site 4).

Promethia: The egg donor website Rons Angels is an example of individual eugenics, giving parents that freedom to choose the genetic makeup of their children today. By choosing from a pool of women selected by desirable attributes (appearance, intelligence, family history), parents can find an egg donor whose traits they would most like to see in their child. Referring to it as assisted reproductive technology, the director Ron Harris asserts that parents deserve to have their desires realized in the children that they will raise. His service, he says, also helps parents who are not capable of having children on their own (Site 7). It is a basic human right to choose, despite the capitalism that is involved. The truth is that if these customers did not think it worth the tens of thousands of dollars that they would pay for this service, then they would not even consider this option.