Selective foeticide in Hong Kong-lawful or not?

Hong Kong Med J. 2001 Dec;7(4):429-31.

Abstract

There is legal uncertainty as to whether selective foeticide is authorised under section 47A of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance (1967). Medical and legal issues surrounding a case of selective foeticide in a triplet pregnancy are reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Encephalocele / diagnostic imaging
  • Encephalocele / embryology*
  • Encephalocele / surgery*
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gestational Age
  • Hong Kong
  • Humans
  • Jurisprudence*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal / methods*
  • Pregnancy, Multiple
  • Triplets
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal