Chilling Interpretation on Genetic Data about Gays

[EasterJoy]

Yes, that’s what is said. But couple the almost insistent recommendations for testing to the fact that the great majority of Down’s babies are aborted in the womb these days and I end up just a little bit less than convinced that “mental preparation” is the primary reason for this level of testing. Especially the amnio which poses real physical risks and zero physical benefits in the case of a Downs finding. Color me suspicious.

But the idea here is not to tangent into Downs, but to illustrate that the facts on the ground today suggest that people of faith are LESS likely to abort a child with characteristics difficult for a parent to deal with, not more likely as accused by BEL.

Don’t get me wrong. Had this other test not been available, I would not have had amniocentesis done. The acceptable level of risk for information that you will get eventually anyway is essentially zero. (A higher risk would be acceptable if looking for information that might lead to prenatal treatment of the child’s condition or would alter the decision-making surrounding the birth, provided that the risk of the condition was not remote itself.)

I can’t imagine anyone who previously would not have considered having an abortion could possibly be talked into having an abortion because they gained knowledge that their child would be homosexual. Commit murder in order to keep a child from being born who will be tempted? No, I don’t see it. Only the “well, except in extreme circumstances” sort of “opposition” to abortion would change their tune on that account, and even most of them would not.

The child in the greatest danger would be one whose parents were also selecting gender in order to have grandchildren to carry on the family name. A homosexual child would be less likely to pony up the desired grandchildren.

 

[holyrood]

I wonder if they Gay Rights movement will still support Abortion when babies begin to be aborted because they think they will turn out to be Gay?

I have long said that the proof there’s a problem with liberal ideals is that they all eventually collide with one another and force the liberal to choose which of his beliefs he’ll ultimately maintain, at the expense of another. Do we support abortion or do we support ‘gay rights?’ Do we support abortion that’s killing girls in India and China, or do we defend girls at the expense of speaking out against abortion anytime for any reason.