In the draft rules being drawn up the Council of the European Union Committee said that physicians are prohibited from providing information on the sex of the fetus to the patient. Not merely to shock, but after pressing the abortion rate among women who want children with a specific gender.
If the rule will apply, doctors and nurses or other medical workers in the region will menghandapi threat of jail when reckless leak information about the sex of the fetus in the womb of his patients.
The draft rule is also reaped the attack protests from a number of medical workers. Because, knowing the sex of the child in the womb is one of the rights of patients.
Founder Mumsnt sites, which focus on childcare, Justine Roberts, also disappointed by the draft rule. "I understand a lot of problems in the area of sex, but very silly when this rule is set in a country that did not indicate a problem," he said, as quoted from the Telegraph.
Council of the European Union, based in Strasbourg was not able to force all the countries in the region to comply with their wishes. However, they have the ability to influence political policy of these countries, and often succeeded.
In the UK, almost all pregnant women know the sex of their child after the age of 12 weeks of stepping content. Nevertheless, a number of health centers had refused to provide information for fear of triggering an increase in cases of abortion. One of them Colester Hospital Foundation Trust.
However, Colester Hospital Foundation Trust has changed its policy last month after a pregnant woman campaigning for the right to know the sex of the fetus. The case sparked outrage Natalie Mann, the woman from Claton, Essex, who must not know the sex of the fetus is 20 weeks old.
The draft rules will be discussed all members of the council which consists of 318 members of parliament from 3 to 7 October.
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