Should people be allowed to choose their baby's sex?

No

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by Dawnn Heiliger

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Do the laws of Nature no longer mean anything to society? It has become possible to obtain anything we want or need (or in more appropriate terms, it has become possible to obtain anything the "media says" we want or need), with the simple push of a button. What is being suggested here is actually considering we can treat the most beautiful of natural phenomenon as a product obtainable through the most generic of fast food drive thrus!

Let's talk about this, really. If you feel it is acceptable to choose your child's sex, next thing you're going to tell me is it's acceptable to choose your child's eye colour, hair colour, facial bone structure, (future) breast size, height, etc. Ever heard of the Stepford Wives'?! Who are we to say which sex is "better". Much time and energy has been put forth over the last few decades in regards to equality amongst genders. I'm certainly not saying we have cleared THAT hurdle in it's entirety yet, but, progress HAS been made. We might as well have been trying to figure out how to raise the dead with all that energy, both futile efforts in the end.

Is there no desire for the element of surprise? Do we really want to order our children out of a catalog? Do we really think we can handle the responsibilities of being God(dess)? I'm troubled as to why I am even responding to this question, when the more obviously moral and ethical question would be this: Should people be allowed to choose whether or not their child is born, and will remain, healthy? At least a debate that began with that inquiry would have some depth involved, all THIS conversation does is indulge society in their "spoiled brat syndrome". (On a personal note, I DON'T think we should have a say in whether or not our baby is born healthy beyond the natural efforts we put towards that result. Children are born healthy or not, people develop disease or not, all good and bad we experience in this life is meant to be experienced. It's a spiritual issue to me, and I will leave it at that, in order to reduce the risk of typing forever).

I would say it is fairly easy to see which side I am on in this matter. I DO NOT think it acceptable to be able to choose your baby's sex, frankly, I don't think it's acceptable that we live in a world that would even consider such disrespect for the natural cycles of life. In addition to the moral and ethical issues involved, what of the physiological aspects? We all know, on a basic level at least, what the difference between organic and chemically processed is. There is nothing organic about fiddling around with science and "choosing" to include the "y" chromosome or not. How is this type of "manufacturing" going to affect our beloved children on the long run? Sure, you may have your blond haired, blue eyed knock out of a cheerleader daughter or your onyx haired, hazel eyed quarterback of a son, and he/she (or shall we say "it", we ARE talking about sexually manipulation here), may even be rocket scientists or brain surgeons (seeing as you checked THAT box off in the "intelligence column" of your order form), but they are FAKE! I can't help but wonder what kind of side effects may occur when we piece our unborn children together like Frankenstein.

I understand the question which has been stated does not involve all the elements I have touched on. I can't help but think, however, that these things must all be given consideration in this instance. We are talking about a complete lack of faith in Mother Nature. A total ignorance towards the beauty of creation. An absolute arrogance in our thoughts towards what we deserve, and what we can demand.

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