Ethical and social issues in prenatal sex selection: A survey of geneticists in 37 nations

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 255 - 273
• Main Authors: Wertz, Dorothy C., Fletcher, John C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1998; Elsevier; Pergamon Press Inc
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Abortion; Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Attitudes; Bioethics; Biological and medical sciences; Child Sex Preferences; Crosscultural Analysis; Crossnational studies; Ethics; Ethics, Medical; Female; Fetuses; Gender; Genetic counseling; Genetic Counseling - trends; Genetics; Humans; Individualism; Male; Medical care; Medical Decision Making; Medical ethics; Medical genetics; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Moral and religious aspects; Pregnancy; Prenatal Diagnosis; prenatal sex selection; prenatal sex selection ethics genetics; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Religion and Medicine; Selection; Sex; Sex of children, Parental preference for; Sex Preselection; Sex selection; Sexes; Social research; Socioeconomic Factors; Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation; ethics; prenatal sex selection; genetics; Human; Attitude; Health staff; Selection; Induced abortion; Sex; Physician; Developing countries; Prenatal; Ethics; Survey; Genetics; Diagnosis; Child; Industrialized country; Social impact; Public health; Empirical Approach; Genetics and Reproduction

In a recent 37-nation survey of 2903 geneticists and genetic counselors, 29% would perform prenatal diagnosis (PND) for a couple with four girls who want a boy and would abort a female fetus. An additional 20% would offer a referral. The percentage who would perform PND in the United States (34%) wa...