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'''Sex Selection''' | '''Sex Selection''' | ||
| − | *Sex selection is prohibited,<ref name="gppc2">Genetics and Public Policy Center, "[http://www.dnapolicy.org/policy.international.php?action=detail&laws_id=19 Reproductive Genetic Testing (China)]"</ref> but a wide imbalance in the sex ratio at birth, especially in certain affluent provinces, demonstrates that it occurs.<ref name=bmj>Ted Plafker, "[http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7348/1233/a Sex selection in China sees 117 boys born for every 100 girls]," ''BMJ'' 2002;324:1233 (25 May)</ref> In the past it has been reported that wealthy Chinese were traveling to the US and elsewhere to evade restrictions on the use of PGD.<ref name= | + | *Sex selection is prohibited,<ref name="gppc2">Genetics and Public Policy Center, "[http://www.dnapolicy.org/policy.international.php?action=detail&laws_id=19 Reproductive Genetic Testing (China)]"</ref> but a wide imbalance in the sex ratio at birth, especially in certain affluent provinces, demonstrates that it occurs.<ref name=bmj>Ted Plafker, "[http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7348/1233/a Sex selection in China sees 117 boys born for every 100 girls]," ''BMJ'' 2002;324:1233 (25 May)</ref> In the past it has been reported that wealthy Chinese were traveling to the US and elsewhere to evade restrictions on the use of PGD.<ref name=washingtonpost> Carla K. Johnson, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061401477.html Wealthy go to US to choose baby's sex]," ''Washington Post'', June 14, 2006.</ref> |
'''Surrogacy''' | '''Surrogacy''' | ||
*In August 2001, the Ministry of Public Health of the People’s Republic of China issued the "Administrative Measures for Assisted Human Reproductive Technology," which prohibits medical institutions and medical staff from performing any form of surrogacy procedure. Any medical institution that assists a surrogacy arrangement may be subject to a fine of not more than 30,000 yuan (RMB) (Approx US$5000). | *In August 2001, the Ministry of Public Health of the People’s Republic of China issued the "Administrative Measures for Assisted Human Reproductive Technology," which prohibits medical institutions and medical staff from performing any form of surrogacy procedure. Any medical institution that assists a surrogacy arrangement may be subject to a fine of not more than 30,000 yuan (RMB) (Approx US$5000). | ||
