Regulation puts test-tube triplets under strict control
( 2003-11-16 10:47) (Xinhua)
A newly-revised regulation by the Chinese Ministry of Health has required
hospitals to exercise strict control over married couples that use in-vitro
fertilization technology or "test-tube baby" method to get triplets or more in
pregnancy, and called for the avoidance of twins in gestation.
It also explicitly bans human cloning.
The regulation urges all the medical institutions and personnel using the
technology to strictly abide by the State's family planning policy so as to
minimize the negative impact of the technology on society, ethics and law as
well as the health of women and children.
Identity cards, marriage certificates and birth permits of infertile couples
should be checked in order to prevent inappropriate use of the technology by
unqualified couples and single women.
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