Comments on: Sex-selective abortions punished in India; coming to America http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/0040 from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Robert J Cihak MD http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/0040#comment-1648 Robert J Cihak MD Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:56:39 +0000 http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/?p=40#comment-1648 This is another reason why, when I was in diagnostic radiology practice, I did not try to identify the baby's sex. The OB docs essentially agreed with this approach but parents often asked about the baby's sex. This concern was answered when I included a statement "The baby's sex is not identified" in the unltrasound reports. I never had a single patient referred for sex identification. I had adopted this approach because I had seen a medical article noting that parents accepted their newborn baby regardless of their prenatal desires for a boy or girl. Knowing the sex of their unborn baby caused some parents undue anxiety. This is another reason why, when I was in diagnostic radiology practice, I did not try to identify the baby’s sex. The OB docs essentially agreed with this approach but parents often asked about the baby’s sex. This concern was answered when I included a statement “The baby’s sex is not identified” in the unltrasound reports.

I never had a single patient referred for sex identification.

I had adopted this approach because I had seen a medical article noting that parents accepted their newborn baby regardless of their prenatal desires for a boy or girl. Knowing the sex of their unborn baby caused some parents undue anxiety.

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