She's not the first to fret that parents, given the option, might elect to forestall bipolar disorder and autism in their unborn offspring.

"My parents, for reasons which have always seemed to me inadequate, elected to name me for my Uncle Buckingham."

Perhaps the only desirable aspect of the division was that the parents of the mutant Marion Schmidt had elected to remain behind.

Perhaps new parents can elect to share some of that material with researchers.

The parents of infants with severe physical disabilities but exceptional brains may elect to see them transformed into "shell people" rather than be subjected to euthanasia.

And some, said Ms. Skop, are from "home schoolers," youngsters whose parents elect to educate them at home.

Though school officials recommended that he skip two grades on account of his test scores, his parents elected for him only to skip one grade.

Knowing the actual circumstances in which the teaching of religion takes place, many non-Catholic inner-city parents elect Catholic schools for their educational outcomes, not their religious doctrine.

Still, more and more parents are electing not to have their infant sons circumcised.

Supports supervised condom distribution in schools as long as parents can elect that their children not participate.