--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? >
That was the reason why research on the ayurveda procedure to determine a child's sex was banned in India and why China has a huge excess of male offspring below a certain age. > > > > 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/
