Question

In vitro fertilization (IVF) has become commonplace and fertility clinics in the US can nearly guarantee the child's gender. Gender selection is forbidden in many countries because politicians assume it will be used to produce boy babies. India and China have areas of the country where the gender imbalance is so skewed to men that they will have trouble finding spouses. In the Fertility Institutes of LA Dr. Steinberg asserts that there is roughly a 50/50 balance. What do you think of gender selection? Would you avail yourself of IVF if necessary?

An alternative assignment would be to discuss medical tourism where people go abroad to get a dental or medical procedure done, usually because of expense. Do you know someone who went abroad for medical tourism? What was the outcome? Would you go abroad if the cost savings were significant?

Answer 1

You Get the Baby You Need

As a result of developments in assisted reproductive technology (ART), it is now possible to choose the sex of a baby. However, the procedures are currently not legalized in most of the countries. Patients should certainly not consider using this as a method of trying to have a boy or girl, since the procedure used needs to be selected to try and maximise the chance of pregnancy ,sex determination leading to female feticide; and, for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.so in my opinion gender selection through IVF is not a good option.

Medical tourism market has been expanding rapidly over the last few decades.With the increase in international movement of capital, inputs of production, consumer goods, and services, global trade in health commodities and services has grown rapidly. The nature and composition of international trade in health services is undergoing rapid transformations with technological developments in medicine and communications. Although flow of medical commodities was always important in international trade, in recent years movement of patients across borders has become increasingly significant. With increasing demand for medical care internationally, a number of countries have identified medical tourism as an important growth sector. For example, countries like Thailand, Singapore, India, Turkey, have adopted specific policies to encourage and subsidize international flow of patients. sucess rate are very high in IVF now a days , i now a couple in india went to dubai and got baby girl through medical treatment i prefer to travel and opt medical tourism if it affordable

Like choosing a package tour from a travel agent for your annual vacation, choosing a medical tourism agency will mean that everything is taken care of for you, including 1)Flights and airport transfers. 2)Visas. 3) Accommodation. 4)Local trips and tours.5)Local representatives and possibly interpreters.

How dark and depressing is the inability to have a baby when every cell in your body wants a baby. Infertile couple feel very alone during the journey. so medical tourism provide a platform for both mental support for it ,