Church opposes baby sex selection

i think it should be lifted, because some families would like to acheive gender balance. we have 3boys, 1 girls, i would love to give her a little sister. but cant because of the stupid ban, am i meant to risk getting more boys with autism, i already have two! come one. be fair! from one very upset mummy.

God has a plan for everyone. i would never choose a gender. If god wants to me have a boy, then he will give me a son. Same with daughter...

I have two boys and would love a little girl. theres alot of information out there in regards to gender selection naturally how is this any better than through PGD, we are not asking them to genteically desgin a baby eg make it have blue eyes and blonde hair. its only giving you either a boy or a girl how is that wrong. they are testing the embryo for defects anyway, isnt that messing with mother nature also infact ivf is messing with mother nature entially. so if ya gonna critise gender selcetion you better critise the whole medical profession.

Kiwitrue..you state that Christians have "have no idea as to what is true" and are "confused", and then you agree with them by stating "As for Sex Selection it is not natural which makes it not right..".

I'm not sure it is the Christians who are confused.

Dear Susanna you have COMPLETELY missed my point. When I stated that "some Presbyterians may believe in evolution", I was commenting on response #4 whose author wrote "Presbyterians believe in fairy tales..." thus I was equating evolution to a fairy tale - which seems to be your point. In attacking me you have attacked yourself! Personally I believe that there is absolute PROOF that micro evolution has occured - that species evolve over time. The study of Drosophila fruit flies in Hawaii confirms this. What I am NOT convinced of is that macro evolution has occurred. Nothing in the Bible, in my opinion, is undermined by this position - in fact I think the Bible is found to be correct - God made them "male and female" and they "reproduce after their kind". I think this is what the scientific evidence is showing us. Also your statement "You cannot be a girl but still have male organs..." is wrong - what about hermaphrodites? Christians have NOTHING to fear from acknowledging that (micro) evolution occurs and hermaphrodites exist.

Gender selection doesn't imply that one gender is better. As an example, if somebody wants to have a healthy child, that doesn't mean that they think children with genetic disabilities are inferior as people.

And, if the gender balance starts to get out of hand, ONLY THEN should we restrict sex selection (at least, selecting of the more popular gender should be prohibited until it goes back to equal).

Sorry Malcolm but you cannot be both a Presbyterian and an Evolutionist. Its like being a girl and a boy. I totally doesn't work. You see, you either believe in the whole of the Bible as Gods truth or none of it. You can't believe only in some of it because that is implying that God is lying by writing something untrue. In the beginning of the Bible it says GOD CREATED THE WORLD. If you were really a Christian you would believe that. You cannot be a girl but still have male organs for instance you are either one or the other. No fence sitting.

Ewww gender selection is so wrong. By selecting a gender you are implying that there is something wrong with the other gender, which is completely absurd! We should just be happy with what we have because both genders are equal and have equal potential. Otherwise might become like China. In China it is estimated that the boy girl ratio is 3:1.

Jane, you state "Never would I agree with anything a church would say...". What if the church said, as they all do, "Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you". This is a direct quote from Jesus. It's in the Bible so all the churches say it. (They may not live it out perfectly but that is not Jesus' fault).Don't you think this is a good idea? What if, instead of hating, we all learnt to love, not only our family, not just our neighbours, but our enemies as well. Wouldn't we all be better off? (The alternative, hating our enemies, has been tried throughout all of history and has been found wanting.) Please think about this the next time you are tempted to state things like "Never would I agree with anything a church would say". God bless you.

Heah Heah Paul - I Agree - You Tell E'm mate these so called christians who have no idea as to what is true and what is not, make you wonder sometimes but then again they are obviously lost sheep who has wondered off into pasture and don't know how to get home. There's a name for these type people "CONFUSED" As for Sex Selection it is not natural which makes it not right to chose a gender to suit ones flavours becomes "X RATED"