Gender Selection

Greatnan just when you think you have seen and heard it all !!!
What worries me is not only have 'these people' been given the vote they then go on and have children, and if they get their wish they would also pick the sex of their child !!!!!!!
If not for medical reasons then why ?
I wonder if they would choose boy or girl

Annika - I am not sure who you mean by 'these people'?

greatnan
Totally ignorant here.Is gender selection not legal in the U.K. then?

Are you serious, johanna?

Well, how would you go about it johanna?

Yes! But only in gender linked hereditary diseases!

Sorry, absolutely not being silly here.
And you have not answered my question: Is gender selection not legal in the U.K.?

No. No way! Not even with ivf.

Surely?!

Perhaps with ivf where jeni indicated.

as jeni said

Can I ask you johanna do you think it should be legal ?

Yep!

Interesting question. Some years ago when my daughter was pregnant there was a rumour going around that there was a reluctance on the part of hospital staff to tell people the sex of their unborn child because in those cultures where boys are valued over girls, abortion could then be sought if the sex of the foetus was 'wrong'.

I suppose this would be a way in which gender selection would be legal in this country.

Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

johanna, please can you explain why you are so surprised that gender selection (apart from in certain medical circumstances) is not legal in the UK?

But they can't tell the sex of the unborn child until the later scans, can they? Wouldn't it be too late for an abortion by then, except on medical grounds?

petallus, that would be a very roundabout way of going about it, but I don't think it would render gender selection 'legal' as such.

Jing
With ivf you select before implantation!
Petallus. This is true!

nina
It seems I have the wrong end of the stick. Never crossed my mind that this is/was in vitro, or some such thing, thought it was about people wishing to change their gender later in life. Oh dear ,oh dear, I apologize.

Now, that I know what you mean, no I do not agree with it at all.
Not even with IVF. Not for medical reason(s) either.

I really really admire those people who dare go ahead with this notion.
I would NEVER dare.

And from a very personal view, why do people have IVF.? What is this strange attitude re having children. Why?
" I WILL, I'll HAVE a child at any price!!!!! And whatever else I fancy."

johanna (about getting wrong end of the stick*

Oh yes. You do, don't you jeni.

Am I not giving this enough thought?

johanna I was getting visions of you advocating leaving girl babies out on hillsides!

I like johanna.

That must be one of the funniest things we have had on Gransnet.

(Not laughing at you johanna. It ^was* an easy mistake!)

Tee hee!

And so to bed!

I need to go to bed. Getting my wotsits muddled up.