“I’d
like her to have kinda feminine lines, with a soft, white, backseat,
four-on-the-floor, and a black top, please.” Ordering a car? Nope. Baby.
The sex
selection business is here to stay. And that may be just the start. Those folks
that want to be able to pick the sex of their child will now have that ability due to modern medical
technology. ‘Pre-implantation genetic screening’, or genetic gender selection,
now makes it possible through amniocentesis, or even a blood test, to determine
what sex the baby would be early on in the ‘pregnancy’. If you don’t like the
result, just abort and try, try again!
We all
know what’s coming with gene-mapping, etc., etc. Ads in college newspapers
already frequently seek egg and sperm donors, with height and SAT score ‘requirements.’
Will we soon be submitting ‘orders’ for a particular eye color, hip-waist ratio,
aggression level, length of appendages, hair color, proclivity to be a good
football player or musician? If we keep on this path, the answer is a simple, emphatic,
“yes.”
The
possibilities are endless. Hitler would be jealous. Perhaps a ‘master race’ is
finally at hand? This moves the entire childbirth process from an intensely
spiritual, sacred, time of parental bonding, wonder, joy- and yes, worry- into the
realm of manufacturing and assembly.
What
could possibly go wrong? “Does it
come with a warranty? I sure hope there is a ‘Lemon Law’!”
In
Australia, pre-implantation genetic screening is illegal. The Aussies are
worried about what happens to human beings
when we use genetics to select our children’s traits.
Good on
ya’ then, mates!
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