Doctor Jeffrey Steinberg can help British parents

While South Africa struggles to keep its medical talent from hopping on flights with a migrant work permit, one doctor in the US is giving some Britons a real reason to obtain their visitor US visa.

New York doctor Jeffrey Steinberg is offering British couples the chance to come to the US and chose the gender of their child. In the UK, sex selection is banned unless it is to determine genetic disease.

The process – also rather chillingly referred to as “family balancing” – is allowed in the US and Doctor Steinberg claims that one quarter of his ‘gender bending’ customers are from the UK.

Although it seems like one of the oddest reasons to apply for your US visa, for some UK couples, it could turn out to their happiest.