Kate – you make a great (and unemotional thankfully) argument. I think you may be right. What about people who use clomid or IVF to get pregnant? I am sure years ago they were condemned for going against “God’s Will”.

i once did a persuasive speech on gender selection in college and i took the pro side to “rile the class up a little bit” (i didn’t think i would really be persuading anyone if i took the anti side). in doing research, i actually persuaded myself that G.S. is neither unethical or going against nature. i was very much put off by the idea of choosing in the beginning. the way i see it, every time we get surgery or undergo treatments to save our life we are going against nature. i also learned that someone else’s reproductive choices are their business. it is also not about gender preference, it is about desperately wanting children of both gender (at least in the U.S.). i believe that if this service was legalized in asia, there wouldn’t be the high rate of abortion and infanticide of unwanted girls. of course it would perpetuate the gender imbalance, but there is already a gender imbalance problem over there so i am not sure how to fix that one. i know not everyone agrees with me, but gender selection can actually be a good thing.

I don’t understand why people make such a big deal over a couple wanting the opposite gender of a chld, of the one they already have…like if they have a boy/or boys-and very much want a girl..or if they have a girl and very much want a boy.

Yes, a child is a gift regardless,but naturally..it’s nice to have one of each..so you get the idea/experience of raising a boy-and-raising a girl. Because as people have said they are both very different.

Yea rumor is aracely didn’t want more than 2 kids, so she took treatment to assure it’s a girl. Luis and her had broken up too, she even admitted it in an interview back in march, but I heard she wanted 2 kids from the same dad and close in age. I always found her so beautiful, and him a good singer.

Selecting your baby’s gender is playing God. Simple as that. It’s disgusting. No matter how much money I had, I’d never choose the gender of my child. It’s not moral. I’d be blessed to have a healthy child. That’s all I’d want. The world’s gone mad.

Actually, there are not “lots” of babies needing homes. There are waiting lists to adopt, and it’s very expensive and time consuming.

As for the gender selection, it is available. It was the cover story of Newsweek a year or so ago.

I am neither for or against it. I wouldn’t want to say people should just let God have his will with it and choose the gender, because I feel like in a sense that would be demeaning towards the children that HAVE been conceived via gender selection methods. Almost like saying they are an abomination, which is untrue about any child. But, I feel like it is definitely ok for someone to try and follow through the procedures if they are trying to avoid a genetic issue as was mentioned previously.

I also might go as far as to say that if I were a parent to, for example, 4 boys and I was planning on having another and I had the funding for it, I might consider it. These procedures aren’t 100% accurate and don’t always turn out the way they are meant to-so if I went through with it and got another boy, i would just say , “Well, THAT was God’s plan for me”. lol.

If this is true…I find it extremely hypocritical. How can someone say “whatever God wants is fine” and then undergo special treatment to ensure they have what they want. In this case, the sex of the child would have nothing to do with God.

Well, it’s from a “source,” so perhaps it’s not reliable?

Personally, while anyone can do what they want, I am not a fan of the idea of using IVF to choose gender. I feel like if you want a particular gender so bad, adopt. There are lots of kids needing homes. I know not everyone will agree with me, and that’s fine. I am just so grateful that I’m able to have a child of my own that I can’t imagine not being happy with whichever gender we get.

Teagan, I wasn’t aware that we weren’t allowed to have our own opinions…

Personally, I think gender selection is sick. When did the sex of a baby become so important? Why is one gender more superior to another? Just because you have a boy, you can’t love another baby boy? I think it’s wrong and immoral.

I think it’s especially weird coming from “Whatever God wants is fine.” Obviously, whatever God wanted wasn’t fine with them.

Just stating my opinion.