Selection Of Babies ' Genders

In this short video and article on the topic of gendercide, reporter Elizabeth Vargas travels to India to found out from the people of India personally why there is such a shortage of females. She discovered that although aborting a fetus of a female child is illegal because of the shortage of females, families still continue to abort them because they don't want the burden that the baby girls brings. Vargas also discovered that illegal sex determination clinics can be found just about on every street. Men and their families also the wives to have sex determination tests and abort the baby if it’s female.

Internationally, issues revolving around the female body and reproduction are extremely controversial. For a woman, her body is a very private matter. At the same time, however, a woman's body and her reproduction rights are the center of attention in many public debates. Several questions regarding women's reproductive rights remain unanswered. How much control do women have over their bodies? What kind of rules can be morally imposed upon women? And who controls the bodies of women? Although the public continues to debate these topics, certain conclusions can been made concerning women and their reproductive rights. An undeniable fact is that government has a large degree of control over female

Gender being ‘biologically determined’ means that whether gender is inherited or passed down by genetics. If a person is a man or woman, (which is usually called ‘The Sex’), that is biologically determined because they inherit the chromosomes to be born a man, or to be born as a woman. In the early 1970’s sex was described by “biology as: anatomy, hormones, and physiology” (West and Zimmerman 1987). Apart from gender being a biological factor, there are other things which are not biologically determined; “Gender was an achieved status, which was constructed through psychological, cultural and social means” (West and Zimmerman1987). Hence the answer

Women and the New Race was written by Margaret Sanger, a birth control advocate in 1920 to advocate for women freedom. During those time women in the US were taken like slaves and denied the right to vote, own property or acquire higher education among others. Sanger also supported the use of contraceptives to reduce overpopulation. She pointed that women should have freedom to control their body and choose when to become a mother; they should have freedom to control their own reproductive system. The thesis statement for this paper will be the freedom of women to have control over their reproductive system is the basis for the whole world freedom.

Since the trial of Roe vs. Wade the topic of abortion has become more commonly discussed among Americans. In addition, as time progresses there are new scientific discoveries that are being used the medical field; for example, prenatal diagnosis, “determining the sex of a fetus by an ultrasound scanning” (Junhong). Furthermore, with these medical advances it has created an issue of selective abortion, “abortions procured solely on account of a fetus's race, sex, or disability” (Berry. This essay discusses the moral judgement of the fetus by considering the case study, the utilitarian reasoning, and the Kantian reasoning when evaluating when it is morally right to use prenatal diagnosis for selective abortions.

It reflects the values of a parent wanting the best for the child and also actively seeking out information to make a good decision rather than remaining willfully ignorant in the advent of new technology. In addition, well-being in human society is boosted. However, Savulescu has packaged sex selection into his very broad argument and made serious oversights.

The WHO states that there are three core motivations for engaging in sex determination and sex selection which include “medical reasons such as preventing the birth of children affected or at risk of X-linked disorders; family balancing reasons where couples choose to have a child of one sex because they already have one or more children of the other sex; and gender preference reason often in favor of male offspring stemming from cultural, social, and economic bias in favor of male children and as a result of policies requiring couples to limit reproduction to one child, as in China.” In countries such as India and China, it is apparent that women can be harmed by sex selection

Technology have improved so much in couple of years. Different ways like prenatal screening and preimplantation have developed with it. This have caused abortions and mutations of gene leading to children born with down syndromes for example. Many people have gone to seek prenatal screening because of fear of having children who are disabled, which have lead them to increase in rates of number in fetus’s termination. Due to the issues on abortion, prenatal screening has become a very controversial problem in the society, leading to both legal and bioethical problems caused by technology advancement. This technology advancement has led to many objections being considered as critiques that are leading to prenatal screening.

It is important for everyone to be aware and always assessing the issues that go along with women’s reproductive rights for many authorities are trying to control what women do with their bodies when only women should be concerned about their own bodies. Also, women’s reproductive rights affect all, including men. So, even men should become informed and stay informed about reproductive rights globally. For example, if a woman does not have access to abortion clinics or contraceptives because of stricter regulations or because they are a low-income family, subsequently this puts the mother and father at risk for having a child they cannot afford to have. This places the parents and child in a negative situation. So, we cannot just assume women’s reproductive rights are only a women’s battle to fight for and we must notice all women deserve equal reproductive rights. Without considering gender along with reproductive rights, we fail to notice that women require more rights to make decisions about their own body because of their capability to create new

It is also controversial that whether women have the right to stop preganancy, in other words, whether women have the right to do abortion and do the creatures or embryos enjoy the life right. Without solving the right conflicts between women and other groups, women’s rights can not be fully

In this article the author talks about the current eugenics that are being practiced in birth

Sexual selection can best be described by the definition given by Darwin himself. Sexual selection is “the advantage which certain individuals have over other individuals of the same species solely in respect of reproduction” (Hosken et al, 2011). Sexual selection occurs throughout the animal kingdom, where male frogs dominate through the depth of their croak, and certain peacocks reign superior based on the colour and intricate detail on their tails. They remain superior to their lesser counterparts as they bear more admirable characteristics, from which they are chosen by females of the same species.

Considering the topic of elective gender selection, I find myself erring on the side of Marcy Darnovsky. Thus, I say no, parents should not be allowed to select the sex of their unborn child. First, I feel that the risk associated with the “biopsy or freezing harming the embryo” through such a procedure reveals that it is not justifiable. Additionally, because knowing the sex of an embryo may result in he or she being “created and destroyed,” accepting such happenings would show tolerance for the murder of an innocent life. Nevertheless, my stance is not merely because of ones’ rights or because it is “by its very definition sexist,” it is merely because my convictions tell me that it is scripturally wrong. The preimplantation genetic

When a woman is pregnant she hopes for her baby to be healthy and well, like every mother-to-be would want for her child. Some even wish for it to be a girl so they can dress her up and do her hair and be “mommy’s little princess” others wish for it to be a boy that way he can help dad out with fixing the car, stereotypically speaking. Whatever the reason may be parents all around the world sometimes have a preference on what sex they want their child to be. Parents-to-be want a particular gender either for social, medical and financial reasons, ethics, culture, or personal experiences

With new technologies available everyday, it seems almost as if we can customize our children. Reproduction is no longer an outcome of random and inherited genes, but now it’s a process of creating the child that we want to have. Fertility clinics are in debate as to whether or not it is ethical to be able to determine the sex of our children. Some view this as a valid option, while others see it as another step down the road to designer babies. But how far is too far? That is a question that we can only answer for ourselves. While this article remains unbiased, we are able to form our own opinion after seeing the pros and cons of both sides.