Is It Ethical for Parents to Choose Their Child's Sex?

[chrisstevensjunior]

It's ethical cuz its not the sexist people have their opinions such as wanting only boys

[paidophilos]

Short answer: No. It's not ethical because it poses an unnecessary risk to the health of the infant.

[heartofalion26]

@paidophilos I'm sorry but that has NOT been proven.

[dalooloo28]

i believe that we have a responsibility as members of our human species to improve our fitness - our chance of survival. It's survival of the fittest that moves us forward after all. Choosing to not have a baby with a fatal illness is something that ill make the baby stronger, and will make us all, as a species, stronger. We owe it to ourselves. Choosing one sex over another is a different story however, because one sex is not above the other. Nature doesn't think so, and niether should we.

[mizzcrowley]

Why is a "lottery" of not knowing which child your sex will be more ethical than having a choice of your child's sex? What harm is there in choosing?

[YellerFeller34]

whos to say it works... and if it does its not improving or curing anything, it's just making the disease go away

[dvid22]

bio freaks unit and take down you gen masters who mistreat you

[haveNOuse4aNAME]

this is basically a subtopic of choosing any number of characteristics of a person's potential child.

[flibby489]

I believe it isnt ethical to choose the sex of an unborn child. The child should be accepted and loved the way it is, and this can encourage sexist views. Designer babies which will result in a society that will lack the immunity and uniqueness. "Survival of the Fittest" is not about the strenght and athletic ability but about the organisms ability to adapt into its environment.

[Janvierireland]

A child should be thought of as a gift whether male or female,planned or unplanned.The child exists in the world for himself or herself,not what the parents want-which is why things like parents doing sex selection or "designer babies" is wrong and interference with nature is wrong.

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@Janvierireland sex selection is wrong but haveing a smart child a strong child is a good thing

[Janvierireland]

@FIGHTFANNERD3 ,I am happy enought that you see sex selection is wrong but I hope also that a child should not have to be perfect to be accepted i.e.even with some disabilities

[domephones]

I say do everything possible to make people smarter, stronger, better looking, ect, why not? Society will benefit greatly from this. As for the choice of the child's sex before conception, let's not forget that women have the say in this, and most normal couples just want to have one of each sex.

[Janvierireland]

The correct thing to do is to accept whatever child you get and only let nature choose the sex of the child

[domephones]

If I had 3-4 daughters after trying for 1 son? Sorry man, that's foolish. Like I said, most NORMAL folks want one of each anyways.

[Janvierireland]

It is wrong to do sex selection because having children is not and should never be about what the parents want as the child is in this world for himself or herself and not in this world for the parents anyway.So therefore its the parents duty to be grateful for whatever nature decides what the sex of their children should be and I find it especially hurtful of you to prefer males over females because of the long history of the undervaluing of female human beings.

[FancyUnicorn]

@Janvierireland whatever child? Wouldn't a parent want to prevent their child from getting a genetic disorder like cystic fibrosis despite nature choosing for them? Cosmetic changes are one thing but health issues are another

[Janvierireland]

With the sex selection thing,not only would it be more likely that they would stop girls from being born,they would try to make sure that only or most conceptions would be from the sperm with the Y Chromosome.

[Janvierireland]

I disagree with choosing the sex of a child?Let nature decide the sex of the child.

[LiveEudaimonia]

whats the point in producing medication that can enhance ur kknowledge, only rich people would be able to afford the medication again causing a bigger seperation between the rich and the poor

[LiveEudaimonia]

i say dont mess with nature it hardly ever does good

[21woman]

They went away from the hot sex selection issue very fast. Nice, three man agree that girls are more unlikely to be controlable. What the f...! They are more likely to be controled off and stand up against this control. The sex is really opium for people not religion.

[Janvierireland]

"The sex is really opium for people not religion."What is meant by this statement?And what do you mean by this statement?I understood the rest of your comment.Answer when you can.

[21woman]

Im back. "The sex, not religion is opium for people." is a quote from Erving Goffman, means that humans who have the might to define the future, everyone, that includes me and you too must be aware of the following. Opium is a drug that makes someone lazy and controlable and the humans who consumate it not use thier full potential. We get feed one opium since birth: SEXISM. Someone who is unaware of this feedings can not use thier full potentials as a complete free thinking human beeing.

[Janvierireland]

I think I understand.According to Erving Goffman "The sex"=Sexism

[Janvierireland]

I think they mean how teenage girls often rebel against their parents whether the teenagers are in the wrong or in the right,but if they meant something more serious than that,unfortunately not all girls are able to stand up against their parents and if the parents are the ones who are actually wrong,then this could be tragic-but perhaps I am digressing here.They went on to discuss other things besides sex selection.

[SoaShield]

"Stupidity is a disease that can be cured!" LOL

[YadaYadaguy]

ok this is not the thing we should argue over.people are saying male or female? this sience goes far deeper then such a shallow thing.people saveing there children from downsyndrom or something painful like that.yet they stop people from the study becuase oh this oh that ...if you got some sick parents who pay millions for a boy or girl then thats just sick but parents that want to save thier child from cycle cell syndrom or soemthing then that would be righteous.

[trakkaton]

you can only improve things you understand.

at the moment humans are completly lacking understanding of the most basic things.

they build nukes and can't use stones.

they have no conciousness.

whatsoever.

[gingerpartington]

I absolutely agree. the human race lacks the objectivity to determine the course of its' evolution. in fact, many of the kinks are entertaining, though human suffering is tragic. we are still not 100% sure of the origins of our pain, illness and death or the outcome of tampering with nature.

for the record, though, I would prefer a daughter over a son, if I could have my pick. I would rather leave it to chance.

[9kolajbertelsen]

We are forgetting the bigpicture: I'm we in the future will be able to elect gender there is a likely possibility that the male/female balance will be broken....wait maybe less humans on earth is not such a bad idea :)

[trakkaton]

that happened long ago, eg in China were female foetuses were abortioned. now it's hard for a man to find a wife in some regions...wait maybe more gay sex on earth is not such a bad idea :]

[JenTehLuvReturns]

Indeed gay love is NOT a bad idea. Less people in the world due to gay love means less idiots born into the world. The world is overpopulated already, the problem with this procedure is that it usually ends in twins,triplets, etc.

[Janvierireland]

The problem is that it is more likely that there will de discrimination against women in that it is more likely that they would stop girls from being born.

[YadaYadaguy]

I think if sience allows a family to save thier baby from a life of pain and suffering then yes they should be allowed to choose what they want to. If you have crazy parents that want to choose your eye color or how large your breast will be then i feel for you but we shouldn't say they have to leave heart desiease or conjoined twins...this science could save needless pain and im for it.

[studio7manga]

Transhumanism seems inevitable, it will be mostly good in my opinion.