“There will be a girl,” he told me confidently.Ultrasound diagnostician at the 12th week of pregnancy. “The boy,” another uzist said at the second screening at 20 weeks, just as confidently. And not only said, but also showed the main “argument.” Yes, worldwide ultrasound is the main way to determine the sex of the child. The forecast made at least at the 4th-5th month is considered reliable. But as far as we know examples, once the umbilical cord is taken for manhood, the girl actually turns out to be a boy who so cleverly “hid” a certain part of the body ...Photo:GettyImagesNow in the West, particularly in the UK, non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is being actively introduced, which is considered a breakthrough in prenatal screening. In fact, this is a regular blood test of a pregnant mother. Only here, instead of standard platelets and leukocytes, they examine... the DNA of the placenta, which circulates in it from 9-10 weeks. On the one hand, this is a very good thing. After all, the new method allows for the early diagnosis of fetal pathologies, including Down, Pattu, and Edwards syndromes, with high accuracy. This means no more punctures of the fetal membrane and no risk of miscarriage. On the other hand... and this is already a question from the ethical plane. The fact is that in addition to pathologies, this test also perfectly determines the sex of the future child. And artificial termination of pregnancy without medical indications is done up to 12 weeks. Do you understand this terrible logic? No? Let us explain in two words: selective abortion. As the British newspaper The Telegraph writes, this testing has become frequently offered to couples in private clinics precisely to determine who is living in a woman's belly. And if, for example, it is a girl, and the couple really wants a boy... Now do you understand? - We are afraid that some clinics perform abortions based on gender, - members of the Government Council on Bioethics are sounding the alarm. - Therefore, we believe that it is necessary to prohibit the use of placenta DNA analysis for these purposes. And such a screening method should be left exclusively for parents with a high risk of pathologies. At the same time, experts noted that such "discrimination" more often affects girls. Rarely does anyone go for an abortion after learning that they will not have a daughter, but a son.