| Attitudes towards preconception sex selection: a representative survey from Germany. | |
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PMID: 15670402 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Within the next parliamentary term, the German government is expected to replace the current Embryo Protection Act with a new Human Reproductive Technology Act. Before introducing new legislation, policy makers may want to survey public attitudes towards novel applications of reproductive technology. In order to assess opinions and concerns about preconception sex selection for non-medical reasons, a social survey has been conducted in Germany. As a representative sample of the German population, 1005 men and women 18 years and older were asked whether or not preconception sex selection should be made available. Of the respondents, 32% held that sex selection should be strictly prohibited, be it for medical or non-medical reasons, and 54% accepted the use of preconception sex selection for medical purposes. Only a minority of 11% approved of the use of preconception sex selection for non-medical reasons. The widespread opposition to a freely available service for non-medical sex selection is based on several claims: 87% of respondents hold that 'children are a gift and deserve to be loved regardless of any characteristics such as beauty, intelligence or sex'; 79% argue that choosing the sex of children is 'playing God'; 76% are opposed because it is seen as 'unnatural'; 49% are afraid that it is 'skewing the natural sex ratio'; and 40% consider it to be 'sexist'. |
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Authors:
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E Dahl; K-D Hinsch; B Brosig; M Beutel |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Reproductive biomedicine online Volume: 9 ISSN: 1472-6483 ISO Abbreviation: Reprod. Biomed. Online Publication Date: 2004 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-01-26 Completed Date: 2005-03-29 Revised Date: 2005-12-21 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101122473 Medline TA: Reprod Biomed Online Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 600-3 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Centre for Dermatology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 14 Gaffky Street 14, D-35385 Giessen, Germany. edgar.dahl@derma.med.uni-giessen.de |
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Adult Attitude* Female Fertilization* Germany Humans Male Public Policy Questionnaires Sex Preselection* |
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