Question

Case Study: Prenatal Diagnosis and Sex Selection A 32-year old woman, Lisa B., goes to the prenatal diagnostic center of a major hospital. She is intent on arranging for chronic villi sampling (CVS) in order to determine the sex of the fetus she is carrying. A genetic counselor explains to her that the center has an established policy against making prenatal diagnosis available for purposes of sex selection is both morally and socially problematic. Lisa B. proceeds to explain her situation. She and her husband already have three children, all of whom are girls. They want very much to have a male child but, for economic reasons, are determined to have no more than one more child. Indeed, if they had a boy among their three children, they would not even consider having a fourth. They feel so strongly about this fourth child's being a boy that, if they cannot gain assurance that it is a male, they will elect abortion. Lisa B. insists that it is unfair for the center to deny her access to prenatal diagnosis. Should the center consider this case an exceptional one and make CVS available? Would the center be well advised to develop a different policy regarding the availability of prenatal diagnosis for purposes of sex selection?

Answer 1

1.The rules and regulations in the determination of fetal sex during pregnancy is against law and and illegal activity.The center cannot consider this as an exceptional case because just to have a baby boy for their economic stability in future is unfair and unjust,the parents in this 21st century are in a state to welcome any gender but a healthy child .The center if accepts this they can provide wrong guidance to the society through this family.

2.The center legally cannot be well adviced to formulate a new policy to determine sex as it is a concern morally and ethically.