[Ethical and psychological problems of infertile couples in genetic counseling]

Study of attitudes and psychological opinions of infertile couples by anonymous questionnaires (answered separately by men and women), including 8 questions an supplement by 2 pages of explaining text. The questionnaires were sent to 140 couples (280 persons), 37 couples answered (74 persons). The majority of these couples prefer assisted reproduction to adoption and they accept all varieties of these techniques. When donors are used, these couples wish to keep complete anonymity. They are prepared to pay for these procedures, even though they would prefer the opposite. The opinions of men and women did not differ greatly. However, the majority of men prefer choice of the baby's sex. This is not allowed in our and other European countries by law (with exception of families with X-linked genetic diseases).