Belgian gynecologist was fined for gender selection during IVF
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- Published on Friday, 05 July 2013 12:54
Belgian authorities have fined a gynecologist, who had been offering to select baby's sex for an additional payment during IVF. There were 165 couples ready to pay to the specialist to "order" a child with a particular gender. The doctor made the procedures in his illegal laboratory guaranteed success in 80% of cases. Ostensibly, he used a special technology that included "the separation of female X chromosomes in sperm cells in a centrifuge from the male Y-chromosome" (to be honest I slightly imagine the way it can be done). After that women were entered the "right" sperm. In the interview to journalists a gynecologist, said: "I had no idea that doing something illegal."
The Swedish "model" of IVF
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- Published on Thursday, 04 July 2013 11:31
The State Council, which advises the Swedish government on medical ethics, raised question about lifting the age limits on IVF. As we know, the Swedish health system now provides free assistance to conceive for women whose age does not exceed 37 years, and for men under 41. Now, however, there is a question about the abolition of these restrictions.
My opinion about the upper age limit for IVF remains the same. Generally I am against the introduction of hard limits: the issue in each case should be resolved individually. However, the presence of the age limit for IVF has serious reasons for that. First thing is the physical capabilities, which, alas, do not always allow to give birth to a healthy baby after a certain age. And the second - not everyone is able to grow up this child and bring him up afterwards.
Ask your mum(s)
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 July 2013 11:48
Is gender choosing in IVF permissible or not?
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 July 2013 11:26
One of the private clinics of
The initiative is aimed at amend to the existing legislation and was made by the representatives of the Institute of Reproductive Technology «Cefer» back in January of this year. If the public responds to the call of the
Will the Swedes give their consent to the surrogacy?
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- Published on Monday, 01 July 2013 11:39
Frankly, I am a bit suspicious about surrogate motherhood on a "non-commercial" base. First, I can hardly imagine a woman who would agree to carry and give birth to another baby just for "thank you." Pregnancy is not only hard physical labor, but also serious expenses. And considering that the pregnant woman is deprived of the opportunity to work for quite a long period of time, such a "voluntary initiative" will flatten the altruist’s wallet. I suspect that in the countries where the surrogacy is non-commercial, money is simply given "in black." So here the second aspect comes- the legal one. Simply put, no money - no contract, no contract - no obligations. You can’t demand anything from a person who helps you on the altruistic basis.