Posted on 05/07/2007 10:47:16 AM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
Prospective parents eager to know the sex of their unborn child can now buy a test on the internet which will tell them at just six weeks whether they are having a boy or a girl.
The test is sold by DNA Worldwide for U.S.$380, and the results are obtained from a finger-prick of blood; it is touted as being 99% accurate and offers a refund for wrong predictions.
However the kit has created controversy as experts say it could well encourage abortions if parents are unhappy with the result.
DNA Worldwide has rejected the accusations and say the early results allow parents more time to plan for their baby.
An early pregnancy sex test is not a new concept as last year the UK's Institute of Child Health successfully trialed a similar "seven week" test.
However the intention of this test which is available on the National Health Service, is for use in women at risk of having babies affected by disorders that usually only affect boys, such as Duchene muscular dystrophy.
Pro-life advocates have called the test very dangerous and say it would inevitably lead to babies being aborted simply for not being the 'required' sex and are also concerned it would lead to some women in some cultures being coerced into having abortions.
At present most hospitals will tell a couple the sex of their child at their 20 week ultrasound scan if they wish to know but some have already stopped revealing the information at 20 weeks for fear of 'wrong-sex' terminations.
The director of DNA Worldwide, David Nicholson, says parents excited by the pregnancy do not want to wait until their 20-week scan to find out.
By using three tests to look for the Y chromosome in the mother's blood which means a baby boy can be "confidently" predicted.
If there is no Y-chromosome DNA, the company can state "with equal confidence" that the baby will be a girl, the company says.
It takes around six days for results of the test to be returned to the customer.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists believes sex selection for non-medical purposes is inappropriate and says the focus should be the health and care of the mother and developing baby, rather than gender.
Of course, this does beg the question. Scientists say that they will someday be able to identify, through DNA, a proclivity toward homosexuality.
The day they can predict homosexuality is the day they can predict that the baby will eventually buy a purple sofa with pink polka dots...
Lifestyle choices aren’t genetic.
The left will short circuit on that day... or maybe not, they are the MASTERS at not thinking logically, so they’re able to hold to two or more contradictory viewpoints simultaneously.
I don't think they will. They might come closer by playing Showtunes and seeing if the baby kicks, but not DNA.........
Paint the nursery green. No need to know in advance.
This technology will be abused. There is simply no reason for it other than abuse, as far as I can see.
...and came back to the US after the war as PLANNED PARENTHOOD..........
Even better, leave the old paint as-is. I just wonder how many babies have been affected by mothers inhaling fresh paint volatile fumes when they were carrying the baby inside them...
India is big on aborting females.
The day they can "predict homosexuality" in vitro will be the day you see liberals seek to outlaw abortions.>
How many parents would _willingly_ continue a pregnancy of a child that they knew could never give them grandchildren?>
- John
So is China.
Or, perhaps once a parent learns if their baby is a boy or girl they will feel more attached to “it” and less likely to abort. Similar effect to the personalization that ultrasound brings.
I believe that the under-lying purpose of Planned Parenthood is rooted in the eugenics philosophy, they just won’t admit it. ..............
That sounds good, then the gays won’t have to adopt and spend all that time in training.
I always thought painting the nursery was Dad’s job, anyway...
Yea, but mom-to-be is still living and breathing in the same house... the fumes have got to go somewhere.
Besides, everyone knows inhalation is the most rapid form of ingesting a toxin.
I remember seeing a prolife web-site and there is a gay prolife group and they are afraid of that very thing.
But the very sad part of it is the black community supports the dems,who are proud to be prochoice.And the black community has a very high percentage of abortions. But what I would like to know is how many of the black community know the history of Margaret Sanger and what she was trying to accomplish,and she would be proud today. Sad.
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