Can Shanghai IVF choose sex?
As a kind of assisted reproductive technology, IVF technology aims to help couples who cannot conceive naturally achieve their reproductive aspirations. In Shanghai, some formal hospitals provide IVF services, which makes many couples curious about the relevant policies of IVF and the possibility of gender selection. In this article, we will discuss whether IVF can choose gender in Shanghai from the aspects of laws and regulations, medical ethics, hospital policies and social concepts.
laws and regulations
At present, China has not clearly stipulated that IVF can choose gender. Therefore, according to the interpretation of laws and regulations, Shanghai IVF cannot choose gender. China's Administrative Measures for Human Assisted Reproductive Technology stipulates that hospitals and doctors should abide by ethical principles when conducting assisted reproductive technology operations, and prohibit any behavior that is detrimental to social public interests and violates ethical principles. Therefore, gender selection is not allowed.
In some rare cases, if couples want to screen some genetic diseases through IVF technology, doctors may conduct gender identification before embryo implantation and screen out non diseased embryos for transplantation, but this is for the purpose of preventing genetic diseases, not for gender selection.
In the future, with the social development and the adjustment of national policies, relevant laws may be amended and supplemented accordingly. However, at present, Shanghai IVF cannot choose gender.
Medical ethics
IVF technology is a complex medical process, involving many ethical issues. Doctors and hospitals must abide by medical ethics when providing services to ensure the fairness, fairness and openness of the medical process.
Although the function of gender selection is medically feasible, it involves such complex ethical issues as gender equality, moral choice, social justice, etc. Therefore, medical institutions usually follow ethical principles and do not support or limit the requirements of gender selection to avoid ethical conflicts.
Doctors and hospitals will pay more attention to protecting the rights and interests of embryos and children, ensuring the legitimacy and rationality of IVF technology, and also taking into account the overall interests of society.
Hospital policy
In Shanghai, well-known and regular hospitals such as Fudan University Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital and Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital all provide IVF services. These hospitals strictly abide by relevant laws and regulations and medical ethics, and prohibit gender selection.
The hospital conveys legal and reasonable IVF technology to patients through publicity, consultation and other ways, and provides professional medical services, but does not involve gender selection.
In the process of educating patients, the hospital also actively advocates correct medical ethics, reminds couples to treat IVF technology rationally, with the goal of achieving fertility aspirations as the main goal, rather than pursuing gender selection.
Social concept
The development of social concepts also has a certain impact on the sex selection of IVF. At present, China's social concept is relatively conservative, and it is generally believed that gender selection may cause social injustice and gender preference.
The controversy over the sex selection of IVF is more obvious. Some people worry that such a choice will damage the basic principle of social equality, while others believe that people should have the right to choose the mode of reproduction.
Both doctors and patients need to think deeply about whether IVF gender selection meets the moral requirements, and recognize their own rights and responsibilities. We need to work together to promote the progress of social concepts and form a more mature and rational medical ethics.
Summary
To sum up, current laws, regulations and hospital policies prohibit IVF in Shanghai from choosing gender. This practice involves the entanglement of ethical issues and social concepts, and conflicts with the principles of gender equality and social equity. In the future, with the development of society and the progress of ethics, relevant policies may be adjusted. However, at present, we should take the legitimate medical needs as the guide, under the guidance of medical ethics, make rational use of IVF technology, and treat birth choices cautiously and rationally.
