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Should sexual orientation be engineered in the womb?

Posted on 4/24/14 at 7:46 am
Posted by Zelig
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 4/24/14 at 7:46 am
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Interesting story and argument about whether sexual orientation can be engineered in utero. Should parents be able to take steps to lower the likelihood that their child will be gay or lesbian? What are the political and social implications of this drug, if indeed it does work?
This post was edited on 4/24/14 at 7:48 am
Posted by gatorrocks
Lake Mary, FL
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 4/24/14 at 7:50 am to
So much for people letting nature takes it course.

I don't really care if they want to do that. It's up to them. At the same time, don't sue the doctor when it's born with four legs and a tail.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32738 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 7:53 am to
I think it starts a slippery slope making the portrayal of life in the movie GATTACA seem more and more prophetic.
Posted by mtntiger
Asheville, NC
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 4/24/14 at 7:57 am to
If a 'gay' gene is ever discovered, then the libs are going to twist themselves into knots once people begin aborting children they believe will turn out gay.
Posted by constant cough
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2007
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Posted on 4/24/14 at 8:11 am to
Can't be cause people aren't born that way.
Posted by Mickey Goldmill
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Posted on 4/24/14 at 8:18 am to
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Interesting story and argument about whether sexual orientation can be engineered in utero. Should parents be able to take steps to lower the likelihood that their child will be gay or lesbian? What are the political and social implications of this drug, if indeed it does work?



I doubt, given the medical risks, that most doctors would even prescribe this method. The political and social implications remind me of Nazi Germany where everyone was supposed to fit a certain mold of what a person should be and look like.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112772 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 10:20 am to
On a related point, we already have 'elective abortions'. Let's say that mom and dad want a baby. But she gets pregnant with twins. They can't afford to raise 2 kids.

Parents: "Are they identical?"
Doc: "No, there is a boy and a girl."
Parents: "Kill the girl."
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51512 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 10:47 am to
Sounds like something out of Gattica.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
67661 posts
Posted on 4/24/14 at 5:23 pm to
This was always an interesting ethical question to me. If homosexuality is something you are born with (which i think it is), than what if we could "cure" it.

I put "cure" in question marks because i don't necessarily consider it a disease, if you could modify someones hair color you wouldn't call that a cure.

But at the same time, there are a lot of issues and setback involved with being homosexual, and while i ams rue there are a lot of happy and adjusted homosexuals out there, most people wouldn't choose that lifestyle.
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