SCI/TECH: Parents Could Pick Babies Sex, page 1
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Topic started on 27-3-2005 @ 09:35 AM by stumason
MP's from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee are suggesting in a new report, that parents and doctors should have more freedom in decisions made during fertility treatment. They are also calling on the fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, to be disbanded.



news.bbc.co.uk
A controversial Commons Science and Technology Committee report said more decisions on fertility treatment should be made by patients and their doctors.

The MPs also called for the regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, to be disbanded.

And they said "taboo" research, such as implanting human cells into animals, should be considered, with regulation.

However, the report caused a severe split among MPs on the committee, with half refusing to back its conclusions.



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Whilst I feel that more research should be done into stem cells, cloning technology and the like for medical purposes, such as organ replacement, and other therapies for life threatening illnesses, I believe that allowing parents to choose the sex of their baby will lead to several problems.

If you look at other countries where there are limits on family size, parents tend to gravitate towards having males, which is leading to a massive shortfall of potential wives (therefore breeding partners) in these developing countries. The same could happen here.

With an already static population growth rate, and an ever ageing nation, this could spell trouble 50 years down the line when we realise that there are not enough boys or girls to satisfy the other gender. This could lead to a population crash, hurting the economy and everyone in general.

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