Sex selection by Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) for nonmedical reasons in contemporary israeli regulations

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-299

  Grazi, Richard V ^a,b   Wolowelsky, Joel B ^c   Krieger, David J ^d  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Genesis Fertility and Reproductive Medicine

^c Yeshivah of Flatbush   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RELIGION;

FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JUDAISM; MALE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 46749092988     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180108080353     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Ethics Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Sex selection and preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Fertility and Sterility 1999;72(4):595-7.
2. Ethics Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Preconception sex selection for nonmedical reasons. Fertility and Sterility 2002;75(5):861-4.
3. Robertson JA. Sex selection for gender variety by preimplantation, avoidance of birth defects genetic diagnosis. Fertility and Sterility 2002;78(3):463.
4. Gleicher N, Karande V. Gender selection for nonmedical indications. Fertility and Sterility 2002;78(3):460-2, at 462.
5. Yisraeli A. Directive of the Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Health, No. 21/05, 9 May 2005.
6. Shapira A. Status Report: Israel, International Perspectives on the Status and Protection of the Extracorporeal Embryo. Nomos; 2007.
7. Grazi RV. Overcoming Infertility: A Guide for Jewish Couples. New Milford, CT: The Toby Press; 2005.
8. Zilberstein Y. Selecting a fetus for implantation: Avoidance of birth defects and determining sex [Responsum to Richard V. Grazi, 1991]. Assia 1995;8:47-8.
9. Barkam A. Orthodox and conservative rabbis object to allowing gender selection. Haaretz Hebrew Edition 2005;22 May:46-50, at 47.
10. Erenreich M, Carmel Y. B'mareh Habazak 2003;5(104):206.
11. Traubmann T, Shadmi H. Couple allowed to choose baby's gender to avoid halakhic dilemma. Haaretz English Edition 2002 Oct 18.
12. A. Lichtenstein, Responsum to Richard V. Grazi, 29 Sivan 5651 (11 Jun 1991).
13. Grazi RV, Wolowelsky JB. Addressing the idiosyncratic needs of Orthodox Jewish couples requesting sex selection by preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 2006;23:421-5.
14. Pollack D, Bleich M, Reid C, Fadel M. Classical religious perspectives of adoption law. University of Notre Dame Law Review 2004;79(2):693-753.
15. Israeli Knesset. Joint Meeting of the Committee of Labor, Social Welfare and Health and the Committee of Science and Technology on the subject of PGD for the Purpose of Sex Determination, 5 Jul 2005.
16. Israeli Knesset. Joint Meeting of the Committee of Labor, Social Welfare and Health and the Committee of Science and Technology, on the subject of PGD for the Purpose of Sex Determination, 30 Oct 2006.