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 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Robert J Cihak MD http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/0040/comment-page-1#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.

]]> By: Dr. Z. Herschman http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/0040/comment-page-1#comment-1634 Dr. Z. Herschman Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:28:15 +0000 http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/?p=40#comment-1634 The ACOG stands are proof of what tortured logic goes into the imposition of morals by committe as opposed to letting individuals be guided by their conscience The ACOG stands are proof of what tortured logic goes into the imposition of morals by committe as opposed to letting individuals be guided by their conscience

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