Table 2.
General attitudes towards the regulation of PGT
| From 1 (fully opposing) to 10 (fully supporting) | Israel (n = 18) | Spain (n = 18) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| 1. The public sector should aim at reducing regulation regarding PGT to a minimum in order to allow the patients maximum free choice | 3.4 | 2.83 | 3.7 | 2.79 |
| 2. When performing PGT for medical reasons, sex selection as an add-on service should be allowed. In other words, the physician may reveal the sex of the (clinically) selected embryos enabling the patients to choose | 2.8 | 2.76 | 2.2 | 1.63 |
| 3. When performing IVF due to infertility, regulation should be more tolerant towards PGT. It should be allowed as an add-on service to IVF for some range of disorders | 7.9 | 2.51 | 6.3 | 2.66 |
| 4. It is viable in terms of regulation to separate between the use of PGT-A and the use of PGT-M or PGT-SR for detecting disorders. In other words, in case PGT-A will eventually become a very common add-on for IVF cycles to increase the prospects of the treatment, regulation may still prevent the clinics from regularly using these biopsies for PGT-M or PGT-SR | 4.8 | 2.25 | 5.6 | 2.37 |