Pro-choice to abort gays? [View All]

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(Ramblings from ex-male prostitute/ex-"journalist" Jeff Gannon ... this time on gays and abortion) :eyes:

Isolation of a “gay gene” might cause a seismic shift in support for abortion among gay people. At present, gay men and lesbians line up strongly behind a woman’s right to an abortion, albeit under a less sinister banner of “freedom of choice.”

How might that position change if parents were able to decide to terminate a pregnancy because of the presence of a genetic predisposition to homosexual behavior?

It would be folly to think that most prospective parents would be willing to bring a pregnancy to term knowing the child would be born gay. The issue is far less prickly for those opposed to abortion and homosexuality, since the identification of a gay gene would probably be quickly followed by a therapy to eradicate it as if it were a genetic defect.

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EARLIER THIS YEAR, Maine state Rep. Brian Duprey proposed a law that would prohibit termination of a pregnancy based on the sexual orientation of a fetus. Other lawmakers viewed it as a disingenuous attempt to force them to choose between supporting gay rights and abortion rights, since the bill’s Republican author supports neither.

http://www.washblade.com/2005/8-19/view/columns/gannon.cfm