Secret fetal sex identification, the code word is a pair of socks.
Original title: Secret fetal sex identification, the secret code is a pair of socks.
Xiaolan (a pseudonym), who was pregnant for 6 months, received a courier from the other party, including a pair of blue baby socks.
The color of socks is the "secret code" agreed between the pregnant photo shop and the pregnant mother: blue represents boys and pink represents girls.
A survey by Red Star journalists found that although it is not allowed to identify the sex of a fetus in China, some hidden sex-checking stores are still "stealing" the sex-checking business on major comment platforms, pregnant and baby apps and major search engines, and many of them are "old shops" that have been investigated and dealt with many times and "re-emerged".
This illegal act is hidden from the public eye, soliciting customers in a secret way, and the business is hot. "You even have to make an appointment one week in advance on weekends." Red Star journalists recently made unannounced visits to the field, trying to uncover the secret process of fetal sex identification.
Pink baby socks received by customers
Netizens broke the news.
Spend 298 yuan
Zai maternal and infantThe photo shop checked the sex of the fetus.
At the 26th week of pregnancy, Xiaomei (a pseudonym), a 29-year-old pregnant woman in Chengdu, had a sex test because she couldn’t restrain her curiosity and wanted to prepare clothes for her child in advance.
How did she do it? Previously, I learned that my colleague went to a pregnant and baby photography shop named "Mother Seal" in Chengdu to check the gender. She first searched the name of the store online and found that the major review apps or search engines showed that the store was closed, and clicking on its homepage also showed "unable to connect to the network".
"Was it seized?" Xiaomei asked her colleague and got a personal micro-signal pushed to her by the other party. After adding it, her avatar name was "Mother Seal (Gaoxin Store)".
Through this micro-signal, Xiaomei spent 298 yuan to successfully make an appointment for five-dimensional color ultrasound.
Xiaomei told reporters that the place to do color ultrasound is in a community, "very small and very simple." An operator in a white coat didn’t "slap" her belly for long, then told her that she was "a little princess" and "showed me her ass without any cover."
A few days after the examination, Xiaomei received a pair of pink baby socks.
Another pregnant woman, Xiao Jing (pseudonym), searched for "Chengdu Check Men and Women" in Baidu to find an institution for fetal sex identification. She told the Red Star journalist that following the article recommended by the search engine, she first found a tweet on the little red book APP, in which the author claimed to have checked the sex of the fetus in a clinic called "Chuxin".
Xiao Jing added the reservation micro-signal left by the author at the end of the article and made an appointment soon. Finally, she spent 399 yuan to identify the sex of the 24-week-old fetus, and she was "not turned over" at birth.
The reporter saw that in this tweet that Xiao Jing saw, although the author repeatedly hinted to the inspectors when doing the inspection, the inspectors said, "Let’s not talk about this issue." However, when the author went out, the nurse told her the answer off guard.
Journalist investigation
Show closure to the public
But secretly through the micro-signal "appointment identification"
Subsequently, Red Star journalists investigated the above two stores.
When searching for keywords such as "mother seal" and "initial budding" on an APP, it shows that "mother seal’s pregnancy photography" (hereinafter referred to as "mother seal") has been closed and the homepage cannot be displayed, while "initial budding" shows that it has been closed.
So, did they really suspend business and close down?
The relevant stores are closed on the APP.
As a pregnant woman, the Red Star journalist added a personal micro-signal reserved by Xiao Jing, which was named "Five Dimensions of Initial Heart".
Knowing that the reporter wanted to make an appointment, the other party said that due to the hot appointment, the latest schedule had arrived the day after tomorrow, and then sent the reporter a position called "Dexin Heart Clinic" in Qingyang District.
When the reporter asked whether the online "initial heart sprouting" was "Dexin initial heart clinic", the other party confirmed it. When the reporter asked, "Is it allowed to see NV (men and women)?" The other party immediately sent "Please withdraw sensitive words", and the reporter said that they are all so obscure, are they still sensitive? The other party changed the subject.
Recently, the reporter came to the store of "Dexin Heart Clinic" as a newly pregnant woman. When asked if the staff at the door could check the gender, the staff said "no".
However, when the reporter said that a friend had checked in the clinic, the staff member replied, "Let the friend you checked push our micro signal to you and only accept the appointment."
Dexin chuxin clinic
Then, how does another pregnant and baby photography shop "Mother Seal", which shows "closed business" on the website, help Xiaomei to do fetal identification?
After adding the WeChat named Mama Seal (Gaoxindian), the Red Star journalist reported the gestational age and asked if she could do five-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound. The customer service said that she could, but she needed to make an appointment. Due to the large number of appointments, "the appointment should be made one week in advance on weekends and only three days in advance on weekdays."
In the package pictures sent by the customer service, the reporter saw that the price of a single child is 298 yuan, and that of twins is 398 yuan. Both packages will take 20-60 negatives and give away baby socks.
After the reporter paid the deposit in 100 yuan, the customer service set the time for doing color Doppler ultrasound to a working day.
The night before the scheduled shooting, the customer service sent the reporter a specific address and precautions.
Site visit
Tell the gender after B-ultrasound.
Then you will receive baby socks.
On the day of the appointment, the reporter followed Xiaolan (a pseudonym), a pregnant woman who was pregnant for 6 months, to the Jingzuo Community of Jiannan Avenue in Chengdu, and entered the designated floors of two commercial buildings inside. On an inconspicuous door, there was a house number with the word "mother seal".
After knocking at the door, the storefront is simply furnished, less than 40 square meters, and it is a small jump floor. At the front desk of the store, the reporter found an appointment form for "Four-dimensional Color Doppler Fetal Photography of Mother Seals", which recorded a number of reserved customers. There was only one female staff member in the store. After confirming the reservation information, she took the reporter and the pregnant woman to the second floor.
In the "mother seal" store
The second floor is an open operation room with only one B-ultrasound machine. Under the guidance of the staff, pregnant women lie on the B-ultrasound bed and start to do color ultrasound. At first, they take intrauterine photos, mainly involving the baby’s face. After shooting for about seven or eight minutes, pregnant women tentatively ask, "Can I have a look at that?" "Wait a minute, I haven’t photographed it yet." The female staff responded, but after less than two minutes, she said, "It’s a young master."
The reporter on the side asked why it was so certain. The staff moved the B-ultrasound probe to the baby’s lower body and repeatedly demonstrated it to the reporter from the front and side.
After about half an hour’s operation, Xiaolan finished the whole color ultrasound shooting and paid the fee.
"Mother Seal" staff
A few hours after leaving, Xiaolan received more than 20 baby photos and short videos from customer service. Two days later, I received a courier from the store, an intensive baby palace photo and a pair of blue baby socks.
The reporter learned that on the comment website or the little red book, netizens exposed the colors of the socks they received and discussed these pregnant and baby photography shops that can identify the sex of the fetus. There is a "secret code" that cannot be said: blue represents boys and pink represents girls.
On the little red book APP, a pregnant mother who has been here to shoot said, "The five-dimensional color photo of the mother seal will give you small socks when she is finished. Blue represents her brother and pink is her sister, but she won’t tell you personally."
Visit again
Change the address if you are suspected of being investigated.
Pick up the store card after seeing the reporter
The reporter learned that such illegal activities can "boldly" find business opportunities through pregnant women, some apps and websites.
Red Star journalists saw on a parenting APP called Mama Bang that some netizens left the name of a private clinic, saying that they could see men and women if they gave it to 50 yuan -80 yuan in Wuhou District and Shiling Street. When a netizen asked about the specific contact information, the author said, "I give you a private message."
On another APP called Little Red Book, enter "Mother Seal", that is, there are nearly 30 articles about "Mother Seal" doing five dimensions. Although most articles do not explicitly tell whether it is possible to check the gender, the author of the article will show blue or pink baby socks as "very accurate".
However, when someone asks about the appointment method, the author will reply directly in the comments or express "private bar". After the reporter sent a private letter to some authors, two authors also sent the reporter an appointment micro-signal of the store.
Netizens commented on how to contact for fetal identification at the bottom of related articles.
The reporter’s search found that in the first article, the author did five-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound in Seal (Rennandian) on September 11, 2020, and gave birth to two baby girls by cesarean section on November 24. However, on December 1, 2020, the author said, "Today, the initial heart and the seal have been investigated, and the business has been suspended, and the address will be moved next week." And said that "he will inform you when it resumes business next week."
The reporter found through the circle of friends of Seal (Rennandian) customer service that on December 18 last year, the store showed that it was "in business" and it seemed less than 20 days since it was found to be "reopened".
On March 23, the Red Star journalist went to the "Mother Seal" shop in Jianianhua Times Crystal Building Community.
The reporter saw that there was a wooden sign of "Mother Seal" hanging at the door. After the reporter knocked at the door, a woman in a white coat came to open the door. After the reporter identified herself, he asked, "Are you doing gender identification here?"
The woman answered "No" five times in a row, and then said, "The boss is not here."
Then the woman refused to be interviewed and pushed the reporter out. About ten minutes later, the "mother seal" was taken off. After another ten minutes or so, the woman who just opened the door put on casual clothes and left the store with a bag on her back. When she met the reporter at the elevator, she turned on the flashlight of her mobile phone and took the dimly lit stairs to leave.
"mother seal"
Departmental response
There is no direct evidence.
Once found suspected of illegal medical practice
On March 23, the relevant staff of the Comprehensive Supervision Section of the Health and Health Bureau of Wuhou District of Chengdu told the Red Star journalist that on March 1, 2019, the bureau received a report from the masses and, in conjunction with the Wuhou District Market Supervision Bureau, inspected the pregnant and baby photography shop located at Shangding International 1-2-709, No.27, Section 4 of Renmin South Road, also known as "Mother Seal". "At that time, there was an ultrasonic imaging device in its place, and a staff member was working on it. However, because it was difficult to obtain evidence, no direct evidence was found. "We copied the relevant clues to the Wuhou District Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau for further investigation." Because the relevant situation did not apply to relevant regulations, it was identified as suspected of illegal medical practice at that time. "When we went to check for the second time, the store was closed and moved."
On March 24, the reporter will hand over the evidence to the Chengdu Health and Family Planning Supervision and Law Enforcement Detachment, which will then hand it over to the local health law enforcement department for processing.
The relevant staff of the Chengdu Health and Family Planning Supervision and Law Enforcement Detachment told the reporter that "non-medical fetal sex identification and sex selection for artificial termination of pregnancy" (hereinafter referred to as "two non-") has always been strictly prohibited by the state. In order to ensure the balance of the sex ratio of the birth population, Chengdu has been in a high-pressure situation to crack down on the "two non-"behaviors.
According to the staff, in the past three years, the city has made a total of 1,328 inspections on maternity and child care hospitals, family planning technical service institutions and other social institutions with the focus on "two evils". However, due to the low cooperation of the parties, the difficulty in obtaining objective evidence, and the strong liquidity and concealment, only three cases of "two evils" were finally investigated and dealt with successfully and the evidence was conclusive, and the total amount of fines was 7.3.
The Red Star journalist learned that according to the "Population and Family Planning Law of the People’s Republic of China", the family planning administrative department or the health administrative department shall order it to make corrections, give a warning and confiscate the illegal income for non-medical fetal sex identification and selective artificial termination of pregnancy. If the illegal income is more than 10 thousand yuan, a fine of more than two times and less than six times the illegal income shall be imposed; If there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 10 thousand yuan, a fine of not less than 10 thousand yuan but not more than 30 thousand yuan shall be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, the practice certificate shall be revoked by the original issuing authority; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
The state prohibits fetal sex identification.
Someone was sentenced for illegally identifying the sex of the fetus.
The Red Star reporter learned that in China, the gender structure of the birth population is seriously unbalanced. The United Nations sets the normal value of the sex ratio of the birth population at 103-107: 100 (that is, for every 100 girls born, 103-107 boys are born accordingly), while other value ranges are regarded as abnormal. However, since the mid-1980s, the sex ratio at birth in China has deviated from the normal value and kept rising, reaching the peak of 121.18 in 2004, and then decreasing slightly after 2008. In 2019, the sex ratio at birth in China was 110.14, which has not yet returned to the normal range.
Demographers Huang Wenzheng and Liang Jianzhang said in an interview with the media that the imbalance of sex ratio at birth in the current society is the result of the joint action of three factors: gender preference, birth restriction and fetal sex identification. In addition, in extreme cases, some areas even abandon and kill baby girls who have already been born.
Although knowing that it is illegal to conduct fetal sex identification, the reporter inquired that such incidents have occurred from time to time.
In 2016, a midwife in Anhui made several times of fetal sex identification for others in order to make a profit. She was sentenced to 2 years in prison and fined 60,000 yuan for breaking the law.
From March 2011 to March 2012, Wu Mou of Binyang County, Guangxi, for the purpose of making profits, bought a B-ultrasound machine without obtaining the Qualification Certificate of Medical Practitioner and the Practice License of Medical Institution, illegally conducted fetal sex identification for 60 pregnant women, and charged fees ranging from 10 to 600 yuan. Among them, 15 pregnant women chose to terminate their pregnancy after the fetus was identified as a woman by sex identification. After the sex of the fetus was determined to be male, there were 18 pregnant women who were born illegally. Finally, Wu Mou was investigated for criminal responsibility for the crime of illegal medical practice.
Red star journalist