Couple Aborts Twin Boys Because They Want a Girl Using IVF

politics daily ^ | 01.09.11 | David Gibson

[Twinkie]

“we want . . “

WE want!!!!
We WANT!!!! - WE WANT!!!! WE WE WE WE WE WE WE WE !!!!!
WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT!!!!!!!!!!

[longtermmemmory]

what if this was one of those situations with a genetic disease where only boys carry the recessive gene? Remember, reporters get facts wrong.

[Mrs. Don-o]

It can hardly be denied that IVF and abortion function as two sides of the same coin.

In both, the child is, functionally, a product or possession.

In IVF, craved as a possession. "My right to have the child I want."

In abortion, rejected as a possession."My right to dispose of the child I don't want."

In both cases: The determination that the child is there to supply what the adult needs, and not the other way around.

[mikey_hates_everything]

"After what we have been through we are due for a bit of luck. We want to be given the opportunity to have a girl,"

There should have been a "barf alert" posted with this article. Luck? Both of them should be struck down.

[naturalman1975]

Unfortunately it isn’t. In cases, where there is a genuine risk of a disease that affects only one sex, Australian law allows for sex selection through IVF. The fact that these parents do not have that option means that this is not a factor. The whole point of this is they want the right to select their child’s sex through IVF on non medical grounds - simply because they want a girl.

The whole abortion angle seems to be “You can’t make me have boys - I’ll just abort them - so why not let me choose.” It’s monstrous.

[Mrs. Don-o]

There must be tens of thousands of married couples who would have adopted those boys with joy beyond all telling.

"Parents" response: "We don't want you to love or be loved by anyone else. We'd rather see you dead."

Monstrous is the word.

[wardaddy]

I remember when Australia was a hyper masculine society.

I fond them very man oriented and rude to their women and they drank too much....but affable and funny.

1980s

Looks like the UK now.