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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:01 PM Original message |
Fertility clinic in US gets green light for sex selection trial |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. We had two daughters |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Depends |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. How would you be a "schmuck" not over-populating planet? |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. It's a patrilineal line |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. It's not about food or space... it's about water. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Tell her to keep her name. And to name her kid with it. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 08:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Well we're bringing more either way |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Spare you? Spare me! Spare the planet! |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. The planet is fine |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Energy, my friend, energy. |
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oldcoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Women can and often do keep their last names |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 10:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. not the same |
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oldcoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Having a son is no guarantee that your name will continue |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 06:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. And That's Fine |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Sorry, that still seems like a very weak reason to bring another... |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 08:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Whatever |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Actually, I think the previous poster understands the situation better... |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. No, neither of you get it |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Trust me, we get it. |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. I don't doubt that you love her.... |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. Agreed |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. 1500 years? Really? Just curious, but could you........ |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. What nonsense! You certainly are special, aren't you. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 08:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. You're special too... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. So--supply the "Y" chromosomes. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Oh, no question |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 09:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Do you know how hurtful this is going to be to your daughter? |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Wish you read all my posts |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I did read all your posts. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Hear, hear! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. this is shocking to me. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I agree. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have no personal desire to do this, but it should be legal |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. My parents had 3 boys and then I came along. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. As long as it stays nothing more than a research project... |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. I remember something like this some years ago that didn't have limits |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That's microsort |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. So Science Is Now Enabling The Control Freaks. This Won't End Well |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. US fertility clinics are the Wild West of the medical frontier |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. US Fertility Clinics Are BIG Bucks, Indeed. And It's Odd To Compare That |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You're dead on about the lack of oversight |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have a friend who has had either six or seven boys, and then a |
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ECH1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Its weird how thing come out |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Does anyone remember what happened in China? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-05 11:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I am sorry, but "they" didn't do it for years. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. No, they just killed the female infants. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. Yep. The one-child-only policy. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
25. Where does it stop? |
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lakemonster11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. Most of the time I hear about sex-selection in preventing the |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. Where is the fundie outrage over this? |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Don't you know it. n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. No fetus, no baby, no outrage. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
38. Just in time for the '06 election.. How convenient |
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dr.strangelove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
44. I'm okay with this |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
47. This is wrong. There is a reason why it's about a 50-50 shot for |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. but this is for IVF patients |
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FrankX (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Only the wealthy will be able to pick the sex of their child. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. People of normal fertility can do so without techology |
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FrankX (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. Many who want one child will chose a boy and stop there. |
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