Sex Determination Test

"It is very difficult to see the purpose of a blood test kit which reveals the sex of the unborn child at six weeks, particularly at £189 a go. The marketing ploy of 'Consumer Genetics Inc', claiming that many parents want to know in advance whether they will have a boy or a girl so that they can decorate the nursery in the right colour, seems particularly frivolous when one thinks of the more sinister potential of this test.
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The problem is not the test itself, of course, so much as the potential for the knowledge obtained to be misused. With our casual attitudes to early abortion in the United Kingdom, we feel it is inevitable that abortion numbers will rise.

The test is very likely to be abused by those who have a preference for one sex or the other, and do not want to have a baby of the 'wrong' sex, and who will chose to abort the pregnancy if it is not the boy or girl they desire.

Social abortion on the grounds of wrong gender does not fall within the terms of the UK abortion law, and selection of embryos on the basis of sex for social reasons is not allowed in the UK either, but as we know abortion is virtually on demand in the first trimester so it will be very easy to do this early test, get rid of one baby and try again for the right sex. Social sex selection has wreaked demographic chaos in countries such as India and China, where boys are preferred almost exclusively over girls. We need an international agreement that social sex selection should never be permitted anywhere, and nationally we need to implement stringent controls over the provision of abortion."

What A Law

An attorney representing six gay and lesbian couples argued Friday that Iowa’s law preserving marriage for only a man and a woman is unconstitutional.

Des Moines attorney Dennis Johnson told District Court Judge Robert Hanson that Iowa has a long history of aggressively protecting civil rights in cases of race and gender. He said the Defense of Marriage Act, which the Legislature passed in 1998, contradicts previous court rulings regarding civil rights and should be struck down.

‘‘It’s just amazing if you look at the history what our Supreme Court has done and we have very good law in Iowa for equal rights, so I do think that Iowa is actually a stronger state than many in that respect,’’ Johnson said.

He said some of the case history in Iowa suggests that marriage is a fundamental right and as such, the state can’t choose who people can or cannot marry.

Johnson said the Defense of Marriage law is ‘‘mean spirited’’ and was designed only to prohibit gays from marrying. He said it violates the state constitution’s equal protection and due-process clauses.

Lambda Legal, the New York-based gay rights organization that spearheaded a same-sex marriage drive across the country, filed the lawsuit on behalf of the gay and lesbian couples in Polk County District Court on Dec. 13, 2005.

The lawsuit contends that the gay couples were treated unfairly when Polk County Recorder Tim Brien improperly denied them marriage licenses. It argues that Iowa’s marriage law is unconstitutional because it draws ‘‘impermissible distinctions based on sex and sexual orientation.’’

What An Indian

THERE IS THIS GOOD OLD BARBER IN LONDON

ONE DAY A FLORIST GOES TO HIM FOR A HAIRCUT. AFTER THE CUT, HE GOES
TO PAY THE BARBER AND THE BARBER REPLIES:

"I AM SORRY. I CANNOT ACCEPT MONEY FROM YOU. I AM DOING THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE."

THE FLORIST IS HAPPY AND LEAVES THE SHOP.

NEXT MORNING WHEN THE BARBER GOES TO OPEN HIS SHOP,
THERE IS A "THANK YOU" CARD AND A DOZEN ROSES WAITING AT HIS
DOOR.


POLICEMAN GOES FOR A HAIRCUT AND HE ALSO GOES TO PAY THE BARBER
AFTER THE CUT.

BUT THE BARBER REPLIES: "I AM SORRY. I CANNOT ACCEPT MONEY FROM
YOU. I AM DOING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE.

THE COP IS HAPPY AND LEAVES THE SHOP.

THE NEXT MORNING THE BARBER GOES TO OPEN HIS SHOP, THERE IS A
THANK YOU CARD AND A DOZEN DONUTS ARE WAITING AT HIS DOOR.

AN INDIAN SOFTWARE ENGINEER GOES FOR A HAIRCUT AND HE ALSO GOES
TO PAY THE BARBER AFTER THE CUT.

BUT THE BARBER REPLIES: "I AM SORRY. I CANNOT ACCEPT MONEY FROM
YOU. I AM DOING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. "

THE INDIAN SOFTWARE ENGINEER IS HAPPY AND LEAVES.

THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THE BARBER GOES TO OPEN HIS SHOP,

GUESS WHAT HE FINDS THERE...

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COME ON, THINK LIKE AN INDIAN.................

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A DOZEN INDIANS WAITING FOR A HAIRCUT... --