Help Please Choosing the Sex of Your Child Posted: 04-30-07 18:09pm
Hello, I am a student at Countryside High
School and I have a report on Genetic
Alteration. The directions of the essay
are as followed: Write a persuasive essay
on Genetic Alteration and choosing the sex
of your child and present a speech in
front of the class. The speech should only
be a few minutes long but I have to have
resources that have experience. What
better place then the hospital =). I have
a few questions on this subject and please
give any useful information on the topic.
Anything will help me and I greatly
appreciate your help. Thank you very much
The genetic alteration in which I am
referring to is actively taking part in
choosing the characteristics of your child
before birth. To persuade my audience not
to take part in actively choosing their
children’s sex/color/eye color/ and or
any other characteristics of that said
child - This is my Topic. I am writing
against this topic and believe this to be
wrong but I ask help.
Is altering the characteristics of your
future child possible and if so how does
this take place?
How is choosing the sex of your child
possible?
Do you believe choosing the sex of your
child to be right or wrong and why.
In the process of choosing a sex, does a
child life get taken?
Will this be possible in the United States
in the near future?
If legalized, how will this effect our
country and economy. How will this also
affect other countries, such as India and
China, where having a boy is recommended
and favored.
Thank you so much for all your help.
Please feel free to add any information
that will better help my understanding of
this new technology. Email would be the
best possible communication but anything
will do.
Thank you again,
[email adress removed]
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Posted: 05-03-07 13:42pm
I believe that this in in the 'testing
stage'. Personally it's not something i
would have done because it's not how ababy
is supposed to be made, it's just not
natural. The only way this can be as far
as i know is by altering genes in a
fertilised egg before placing it in the
woman's body through ivf. And as for your
question of does a child's life get taken,
then yes it is possible because through
ivf, many fertilised eggs are lost
everyday either through not latching onto
the uterus lining properly or by being
destroyed because they are not needed. i
hope this helped you in some way. Just to
add that i'm in the uk so some of the info
might not be relivant to the us
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