As a spin-off from Japan's policy, diagnostic procedures are prevented from being misused to reinforce old values which prize boys above girls. If Mencius knew the practices his own countrymen invoke his name to justify, would he turn in his grave and curse his posterity as unfilial?
日本一個政策的間接影響，就阻止了人們濫用醫療技術強化重男輕女舊價值的問題；孟子若地下有知，可能要大大怨嘆後人不孝了。