CUSTOMIZED BABIES ANYONE??????????????

In my country, in local dialect, when someone is pregnant, we say, “she’s making a baby”. Well it seems now we can pre-select the “ingredients” for creating our own “unique” baby. That is, if the latest reports coming out of a Californian fertility clinic are to be believed. It is already possible in some countries like the US, and Russia to pre-determine the sex of a baby in the lab. In many countries of the world, including the UK, this practice is illegal, but if you can afford the thousands of dollars for the procedure, you can have it done in some countries.


It’s ironic how the West is always criticizing countries like China for its human rights policies such as female infanticide and now, the wealthy in the West have access to something similar but couched in more “acceptable” terms! Ok, some might argue choosing the sex of your baby is a good thing especially in cases where some genetic diseases are passed on to a specific sex e.g. hemophilia in male babies. But in reality how many people who will use this “marvel” of modern medicine will be doing it purely for medical reasons? Hmmm, I have 1 boy, now I want a girl to create the “perfect pair” of kids, so maybe, I’ll tamper with nature and be 100% sure it will be a girl! Oh, what about those “poor” couples who have 5 girls and always wanted a little boy? Should they be denied the right to customized the sex of their child, or be doomed to trying, trying until they get it right?


Sex selection opens the doors to many social ills in the world. Countries in Asia notably China and India, often practice female infanticide, i.e. aborting or murdering female children. Girls are seen as social burdens, not productive enough. Already there is a sex ratio imbalance favoring males in these countries. What this California clinic is offering in a more clinical and certainly far less messy way, is the same in essence, choosing the sex of your baby and going against the natural laws of nature.


And if it is to believed that “gayness” is a result of nature and not nurture, does it mean there will be no “gay” people in the future, OR maybe the opposite, MORE???


I always thought that people who wanted kids didn’t really care about the gender as long as the child has 10 fingers and 10 toes. If this is not the case, then in reality, deep down inside of all of us, we have a wannabe God gene, in which we really want to create “mini-me’s” of ourselves.
Which brings me to the next thing – eye color, height, hair color. Apparently, you can pre-select these things as well for your new baby. Now, since it’s only going to be the wealthy people doing this because of the high costs, are we going to end up with a race of tall, blond, blue eyed, mainly boys from Western countries? Someone started out with this premise years ago, he wanted to create a “superior” race, i.e. the Aryan race and we all know what happened!


One of the joys of having a baby, is the process of creating that baby – i.e. old fashioned sex and the thrill of finding out whether it’s a boy or girl. With these designer-made babies, we are actually outsourcing baby making! All the “work” is being done elsewhere and we just bask in the knowledge that our baby is perfect from the beginning. If there was one thing I thought this financial meltdown would have taught people was humility and humbleness are what really matters. But I was wrong, money will always rule the world, and the opportunities offered to the have and the have –nots will never be the same.


I think I am going to make a baby girl. Let me get the ingredients – Petri dish, and lots of $$$$$$$$$$!