Abstract:
:To create a diagnostic document describing the utilization of pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT) in the absence of monitoring and regulation. Retrospective cohort study of couples undergoing PGT between 2004 and 2007 in Lebanon. The clinical indications for 192 PGT cycles performed during the study period were gender selection (96.3%), chromosomal aneuploidy (3.1%), and balanced translocation (0.5%). When gender selection was sought, the selection of a son was desired in 94.1% of cases. Of couples undergoing PGT for sex selection, 16.2% were childless, 8.6% had one child of the opposite gender, 28.1% had two same-gender children, 29.7% had three same-gender children, and 11.9% had four or more. Our findings demonstrate the morally questionable consequences of self-regulated systems in which physicians are the sole gatekeepers of norms and ethics.
journal_name
Clin Genetjournal_title
Clinical geneticsauthors
Farra C,Nassar A,Arawi T,Ashkar H,Monsef C,Awwad Jdoi
10.1111/cge.12250subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-08-01 00:00:00pages
177-80issue
2eissn
0009-9163issn
1399-0004journal_volume
86pub_type
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