Only a Matter of Time

This article is very interesting. An excerpt:

SCIENTISTS are conducting experiments to change the sexuality of “gay” sheep in a programme that critics fear could pave the way for breeding out homosexuality in humans. (emphasis added)

It raises the prospect that pregnant women could one day be offered a treatment to reduce or eliminate the chance that their offspring will be homosexual. Experts say that, in theory, the “straightening” procedure on humans could be as simple as a hormone supplement for mothers-to-be, worn on the skin like an anti-smoking nicotine patch.

Some time ago I speculated that when and if science ever came up with a way to determine an embryo was inclined towards homosexuality, that would be the day that the pro-abortion lobby would find themselves in a real pickle. Well, this is along the same lines.

There is a tendency to want one's cake and eat it too. We want certain benefits of bio-engineering and gene sequencing, but want to prohibit others. The problem is, of course, that we can't get complete agreement on any of it.

Social conservatives have for some time been decrying the advances in cloning and embryonic stem cell research ... usually to the mocking calls of liberals. Well, as my title post says, it was only a matter of time before Pandora came around to bite.

I will repeat my question of several years ago: If abortion is a "right" and the "personal decision" of a woman, by what rationale could one argue a woman should not have the right to abort a fetus known to be gay?