Is it Possible to Sex Fetus at 12th Week of Pregnancy?

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(1) However, given statistics that Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans* are known to abort their female fetuses, it is understandable that technicians and doctors are reluctant.

* They are Americans of Chinese and Japanese descent. Foreigners in US are
worse.

Anyway, at 12th week, it is too late to have an abortion without state
intervention. See Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).

(2) There is NO penis to see at that stage.

(A) Dr. Joseph Woo:
(a)
"Results showed that the overall success rate of gender identification
between 12 and 14 weeks was 80% * * * In the transverse plane, male fetuses
showed a dome shaped genital swelling with a cephalic-directed phallus and
females had three or four parallel lines representing the labia."
Special FAQ on the gender of the fetus. Joseph Woo.
http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/genderfaq.html

(b) The proprietor and author of this web site is
Joseph Woo, MD, MBBS FRCOG(Eng) FHKAM
http://www.obgyn.net/country/i-bios/woo.htm
(private practice at Hong Kong; Education: "1970 - 1975 Medical Faculty,
University of Hong Kong")

(i) Naturally, his is not really an MD (short of "medical doctor"). "In Hong
Kong, prospective medical students enter either one of the two faculties of
medicine available (University of Hong Kong or the Chinese University of
Hong Kong) from high school. The medical program consists of 5 years,
leading to a degree of bachelors of medicine and surgery (MBBS or MBChB). *
* * After a 5 year degree, one year of internship follows in order to be
eligible to practice in Hong Kong."
Medical school
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_school

Note: MBChB stands for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

(ii) Dr. Woo's professional attainment, which is attached to his name above.

FRCOG  Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

FHKAM  Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine


(to be continued)

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