Keep baby's sex secret to prevent gender-based abortions, doc says [View all]
Doctors should not tell pregnant women the sex of their baby until 30 weeks into a pregnancy, one physician is arguing, taking a stance that is sure to be controversial.
By not revealing a fetus' sex, doctors could prevent abortions related to the sex of the baby, according to Dr. Rajendra Kale, interim editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The practice of "sex selection," or the aborting of female fetuses because of a preference for sons, is an issue in several Asian countries, and may also be done by some immigrants in Canada and the United States, Kale said.
"A pregnant woman being told the sex of the fetus at ultrasonography at a time when an unquestioned abortion is possible is the starting point" of sex selection, Kale wrote in the editorial published online in the lastest issue of CMAJ.
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Controversial????
I am saddened by selective abortions but male dominated governments set the stage. I wonder how often selective abortions are done in either Canada or the US. My gut tells me it is not often. What do you think?
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