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Banned in 50 countries
A Europe-wide treaty bans picking a baby's sex, except illness.
Treaty law: no choosing a baby's sex through IVF.
Choosing a baby's sex by IVF is banned, except to avoid illness.
Treaty law bans choosing your baby's sex, except for disease.
IVF can't be used to pick a boy or a girl.
Picking a baby's sex is banned unless it avoids a hereditary illness.
Choosing a boy or girl through IVF is not allowed.
Treaty law: no sex selection, except to avoid a sex-linked disease.
Joined the treaty in 2025: no picking a baby's sex.
Choosing a baby's sex is banned, except to avoid illness.
IVF can't be used to choose a boy or a girl.
Picking your baby's sex is banned, except for a hereditary disease.
Treaty law bans choosing a baby's sex by IVF.
No picking a boy or girl - only to avoid a sex-linked disease.
Choosing your baby's sex through IVF is banned.
Sex selection is banned unless it prevents a hereditary illness.
IVF can't be used to pick your baby's sex.
Choosing a boy or a girl is banned, except to avoid disease.
Treaty law: no picking your baby's sex through IVF.
Picking a baby's sex is banned unless it avoids a hereditary illness.
Choosing your baby's sex by IVF is not allowed.
IVF can't pick a boy or girl, except to avoid a serious disease.
The law names it: IVF may not be used to choose the baby's sex.
Choosing your baby's sex is banned, except to avoid illness.
No picking a boy or girl through IVF.
Choosing a baby's sex is banned unless it prevents a disease.
Selecting a baby's sex is a criminal offence, except for disease.
Testing embryos is allowed only for disease - not to pick a sex.
Picking an embryo's sex is banned unless it avoids a disease.
The Embryo Act bans choosing a baby's sex, except for disease.
Law 40 bans selecting embryos - choosing a sex included.
Picking a baby's sex is a 'very serious' offence under the IVF law.
Embryo tests are only for serious disease - never to pick a sex.
The IVF law bans testing embryos to choose a baby's sex.
Sex selection is banned - only allowed for a medical reason.
Choosing a baby's sex is only allowed for a short list of diseases.
Health Code: IVF may not be used to choose a baby's sex.
Checking a baby's sex in the womb in order to choose: jail.
Even telling parents the baby's sex: fines up to 15 million dong.
The 2018 Health Law bans choosing your baby's sex.
Picking an embryo's sex is a crime - up to 10 years in jail.
A 2004 law makes picking a baby's sex a criminal offence.
Telling parents the sex became legal in 2024 - picking it did not.
Any test to learn or choose a baby's sex without medical need: banned.
Sorting sperm to pick a boy or girl: up to 1 year in prison.
No UK clinic can be licensed to pick your baby's sex.
Federal law: IVF may not be used to choose the child's sex.
Since 2024, IVF may not be used to choose your baby's sex.
Choosing a baby's sex is a crime - even revealing it is banned.
Even checking an IVF embryo's sex: up to 10 years in prison.
Everywhere not listed here, Choosing Your Baby's Sex is allowed.
Restricted in 9 countries
Health rules list embryo sex tests only to prevent inherited disease.
Doctors' council rule: no picking a baby's sex, except disease.
Health Ministry bans it - but a committee can grant exceptions.
Health Ministry rules forbid it, yet clinics were found offering it.
The 2019 IVF law bans eugenic selection; sex is not named.
IVF rules limit embryo testing; sources disagree on sex choice.
Doctors' guideline only: no sex pick without a medical reason.
A doctors' society guideline says no - but no law bans it.
National IVF guidelines and some state laws ban it - no federal law.
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