Hey, if abortion on demand is okay with you, certainly you have no objections to abortions in order to determine the gender of your child, do you?
In other words, if you're looking to have "excellent male offspring" and a prenatal scan shows a "girl" fetus, do you have any objections to aborting the girl fetus and to keep aborting girl fetuses until a male one pops up? Debate opens on choosing baby's sex 16 August 2005 thisislondon.com The issue of couples being allowed to choose the sex of their babies to "balance" their families is to be discussed in a public consultation. The Government's review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 1990 said it was seeking views from the public on sex selection for non-medical purposes. It asked whether the practice should be banned - as it is currently - or be allowed for family balancing reasons. Sex selection is allowed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in order to avoid babies being born with sex links disorders such as haemophilia. But its use for family balancing was opposed by the fertility watchdog after a public consultation. Now the Government has raised the issue again in its wide-ranging consultation on fertility legislation, which has not been updated for 15 years. The consultation also asks if sex selection were more widely available, how many children of one gender should a couple already have before they are allowed to use screening techniques to try for a child of another gender. Sex selection is just one of many issues raised for debate in the consultation, which also considers welfare of the child, screening techniques and internet sperm banks. Public Health Minister Caroline Flint said the HFEA Act was a "landmark piece of legislation" which has stood the test of time well. But she said the Government had never expected the Act to remain unchanged for ever in the face of scientific and medical developments. "The consultation raised many complex issues on which there are many different and strongly-held views," Ms Flint said. "There are important matters of reproductive freedom and responsibility, professional autonomy, and how best to safeguard the welfare of the children." ©2005 Associated New Media | Terms | Privacy policy ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
