Resumen : 193 internists, pediatricians, gynecologists, and neurologists employed at one of four Mexican National Institutes of Health answered a self-administered questionnaire about their attitudes on induced abortion with normal fetuses and fetuses known to have an abnormality in various degrees. The majority of physicians were male, over age 35 years, religious, and without experience with genetic diseases. 20% of internists and pediatricians approved of abortion when pregnancy is normal. However, only 7% of gynecologists and neurologists were in agreement in such cases. Overall, 60% of the physicians sanctioned the abortion of a malformed fetus, and 80-90% agreed in cases of severe or lethal genetic disease. The physicians did not have consistent answers and agreement for abortion was influenced by religious values.
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