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Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior
And perhaps simply have a carrier instead? (Since in those very same conditions you mention a woman can often be a non-symptomatic carrier)
I don't see the advantage of that at all - just means it pops up again later somewhere else.
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Ok, heres how it would go.....
Situation 1: have a boy with a 50/50 chance of getting it (if he has it he will also be a carrier) If he does have the dissorder he will have either a difficult life or a normal one cut short when the dissorder finally cuts in.
Situation 2: Have a girl who lives a perfectly normal LONG life (providing no unforseen circumstances) who still has the same odds of inheriting the gene as a male sibling but whom will never suffer from it.
I know wich I would choose
And I would say not suffering with the dissorder would be one big advantage, wouldnt you?
Though when further gene manipulation becomes possible it would be possible to irradicate any genetic dissorder thus rendering the medical need to choose gender null and void.
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Originally Posted by Mick
I come from a large family, I have three brothers and one sister, my mum had twins, a boy and a girl & it was totally natural & wouldn't of wanted it to be any other way.
The twins were born last and I was 9 years old when my mum gave birth to them, yet I remember, I longed for a sister just as much as my mum and dad longed for a daughter. The day they were born, was one of the happiest days the whole family had ever lived.
I am trying to think of the potential, psychological, long term damage this might do to someone should they discover their sex was pre-selected before they were born.
Reminds me very much of the film Gattaca, a film about advanced genetic engineering, that makes it possible for the creation of biologically superior human specimens known in the film as 'valids', who then grow to positions of power and prestige. Whilst those born the old-fashioned way are treated with prejudice and treated as rejects and given the crap left-over jobs.
Let's hope we won't ever come close to this way of thinking in the future, but looking back at this subject of choosing to have a boy or a girl, we are on that path already it seems.  |
I have been trying to think of the name of that film all day, thank you (green rep on the way).
And yes I agree, this is when it becomes immoral, when a true designer baby becomes possible.