The people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, supervise and manage the identification of the sex of the fetus, termination of pregnancy surgeries, and medicines for termination of pregnancy in their respective administrative areas.
The population and family planning administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the county level are specifically responsible for the organization and coordination of the implementation of these provisions under the leadership of the people's governments at this level. Article 3 The provincial population and family planning administrative departments, in conjunction with health, food and drug supervision and management and other administrative departments, to formulate ultrasound diagnostic instruments and chromosome testing and other equipment with fetal sex identification function and termination of pregnancy surgery, termination of pregnancy drug management regulations, and supervision and inspection of the implementation of the provisions.
Institutions that use equipment with the function of identifying the sex of the fetus, termination of pregnancy drugs and carry out the business of pregnancy termination surgery in accordance with the law shall establish and improve the relevant management system, and strengthen the education of the relevant staff on the rule of law and professional ethics. Article 4 The press, radio, television, Internet and other media shall publicize the importance of maintaining a normal gender composition of the birth population, and advocate a social culture of caring for girls and equality between men and women.
It is prohibited to produce, publish, print, reproduce, import, distribute and sell publications and informational printed reproductions concerning the non-medical necessity of choosing the sex of a fetus. It is prohibited to produce and distribute advertisements concerning the non-medical necessity of choosing the sex of a fetus. Article 5 prohibits the use of ultrasound technology, chromosome testing and other technical means for the identification of the sex of a fetus for non-medical needs; and prohibits the artificial termination of pregnancy by sex selection for non-medical needs.
Medical need to identify the sex of the fetus, shall be approved by the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipal people's governments set up by the mother and child health care medical technology appraisal organization, approved by the provincial health administrative department of the health care institutions to implement, and issue a medical identification certificate. If the termination of pregnancy is really necessary, the appraisal organization shall inform the population and family planning administrative department of the people's government at the county level.
In addition to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, with fetal gender identification of technical means of institutions and individuals, the issuance of pregnant women and fetal health test report, in addition to the fetus suffers from reproductive system diseases, shall not contain fetal gender content, testing technicians and other medical personnel shall not disclose the gender of the fetus. Article 6 In addition to medical and scientific research institutions for teaching and scientific research needs, the acquisition and use of diagnostic ultrasound shall meet the following conditions:
(1) obtain the "Medical Institution Practice License";
(2) diagnosis and treatment subjects with diagnostic ultrasound professional projects;
(3) diagnostic ultrasound personnel by a registered licensed medical practitioner, the township can be by a registered physician assistant. (c) the ultrasound diagnostic personnel by a registered medical practitioner.
Family planning technical service organizations engaged in contraceptive sterilization ultrasonography need to purchase and use ultrasonic diagnostic equipment, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the provincial population and family planning administrative departments. Article 7 the purchase and use of ultrasound diagnostic instruments with the function of identifying fetal sex and chromosome testing and other equipment, the institution shall, within one month, the type of equipment, the number of sites, the use of the site, the list of operators reported to the people's government of the county-level population and family planning administrative departments, the administrative department of health for the record. The filing organization shall be informed in writing of the relevant provisions and requirements for the management of the use of the equipment.
The use of ultrasound diagnostic equipment with the function of identifying the sex of the fetus and chromosome testing, etc., should be operated with the diagnostic personnel signed a statement of responsibility, which requires pregnant women to carry out the examination must be registered and signed, and shall not identify the sex of the fetus without authorization. Article 8 Family planning technical service institutions, health care institutions and other institutions with the technical ability to identify the sex of the fetus or artificially terminate pregnancy shall set up conspicuous signs in the relevant workplaces forbidding the identification of the sex of the fetus for non-medical needs and sex-selective artificial termination of pregnancy. Article 9 No unit or individual may organize or introduce a pregnant woman to undergo non-medical identification of the sex of the foetus or sex-selective artificial termination of pregnancy. Article 10 The people's governments of townships and villages or street offices shall, in accordance with the provisions of the regulations, regularly and free of charge carry out pregnancy checks on married women of childbearing age, and implement the full range of services and management for women who meet the legal conditions for childbearing.
Village (neighborhood) committees, units of family planning specialists should meet the legal conditions of pregnancy within 14 weeks of pregnancy to fill out the "pregnant women's report form" to the township people's government or street offices, and monthly door-to-door follow-up.
Grass-roots family planning associations shall implement a system of contacting their members to keep abreast of the pregnancy situation of women of childbearing age and to reflect it to the township people's government, the street office or the village (neighborhood) committee. Article 11 Women who are more than 14 weeks pregnant in accordance with the legal conditions for childbearing shall not be subjected to artificial termination of pregnancy, except under one of the following circumstances:
(1) when the fetus suffers from a serious hereditary disease or has a serious defect;
(2) when the fetus suffers from a serious disease, and continuing the pregnancy may jeopardize the life and safety of the pregnant woman or seriously endanger the health of the pregnant woman;
(3) when a medical care institution approved by the provincial health administrative department has been approved by the provincial health administrative department. Health care institutions approved by the provincial health administrative department diagnosis that the need to terminate the pregnancy;
(4) divorce, widowhood and other requirements for the termination of pregnancy.