Gender selection.

Leekbrookgull · Jan 15, 2014

Maybe some of you heard this type of report on today's Jeremy Vine show ? I am not an anti abortion freak take each case on its merits,however this is simply disgusting,disgraceful call it what you want and how far is this from what went on in the likes of Belson,Treblinka etc seventy odd years ago ? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-lost-girls-department-of-health-to-act-on-reports-of-illegal-abortions-by-gender-9062460.html

The Modfather · Jan 15, 2014

Any child is a blessing. Aborting a child because of Gender (and its always girls) is disgusting. These people do not deserve to be parents quite frankly.

Leekbrookgull · Jan 15, 2014

Simply,can't disagree.

Mowgli37 · Jan 15, 2014

Aborting children for any kind of unwanted feature is awful. Abortion rates for foetus' which have Down Syndrome are as high as 90%, makes me sick that so many would abort a child because it doesn't quite fit what they want.

vegster · Jan 15, 2014

It is an obscene practice, all children should be loved regardless of gender.

Leekbrookgull · Jan 15, 2014

and yet you try finding this report on the BBC.

trueblue · Jan 16, 2014

Leekbrookgull said:
and yet you try finding this report on the BBC.

Well the OP heard about it on a BBC radio show. And I'm abroad but read about it yesterday on the BBC website review of the day's newspapers.

pastafarian · Jan 16, 2014

just playing devils advocate here but this story is a re-run(or sequel) of the Telegraph investigation in 2012 that exposed doctors signing off on gender related abortions.

The DPP decided it was not in the public interest to prosecute and said the law(the Abortion Act 1967) does not expressly prohibit gender-specific abortions.

It was discussed and debated in the commons recently, and the decision was widely condemned by MP`s

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131009/halltext/131009h0001.htm (scroll down a long way,it really does make an interesting read)

The DPP also said the issue had become sensitive and political,

I can think of many reasons why a woman would want to have an abortion but to choose to have one based on gender is wrong on so many levels.

Tyrone Biggums · Jan 16, 2014

But but it's the woman's body, she can do with it what she likes (yes I'm being facetious).

Tyrone Biggums · Jan 16, 2014

Mowgli37 said:
Aborting children for any kind of unwanted feature is awful. Abortion rates for foetus' which have Down Syndrome are as high as 90%, makes me sick that so many would abort a child because it doesn't quite fit what they want.

That % makes me very sad. A friends lad has Downs syndrome and you'd not meet a more outstanding young man. Life of the party and has a crack at everything in life.

Like any child it's how you raise them that determines how they live their lives.

pastafarian · Jan 16, 2014

Tyrone Biggums said:
But but it's the woman's body, she can do with it what she likes (yes I'm being facetious).

I suspect your catholic belief will probably have some sort of bias where abortion is concerned will it not?

Tyrone Biggums · Jan 16, 2014

pastafarian said:
I suspect your catholic belief will probably have some sort of bias where abortion is concerned will it not?

Not really no. More being a man is my bias. Man wants the child, woman can just abort it. Man doesnt want the child and he'll still have to pay for it if the woman chases after him for $ and have the law on her side.

dougdeep · Jan 16, 2014

Mowgli37 said:
Abortion rates for foetus' which have Down Syndrome are as high as 90%, makes me sick that so many would abort a child because it doesn't quite fit what they want.

It's not easy bringing up a Downs baby and some parents fail to cope.

surrey jim · Jan 16, 2014

Has anyone else read the Peter James book 'Perfect People'. Shows what can happen when gender selection goes wrong.

Notters · Jan 16, 2014

surrey jim said:
Has anyone else read the Peter James book 'Perfect People'. Shows what can happen when gender selection goes wrong.

Yup, read it on my summer hols, fantastic book.

Mowgli37 · Jan 16, 2014

dougdeep said:
It's not easy bringing up a Downs baby and some parents fail to cope.

There's a difference between trying and not coping and not trying at all, which is what these 'parents' have done.

Husty · Jan 16, 2014

Mowgli37 said:
Aborting children for any kind of unwanted feature is awful. Abortion rates for foetus' which have Down Syndrome are as high as 90%, makes me sick that so many would abort a child because it doesn't quite fit what they want.

Oh **** off. You're 16 you have **** all idea about how that might work. Caring for a child with Down Syndrome is an incredibly hard thing to do and requires a lifelong commitment and it is perfectly understandable if people com to the conclusion they're not in a position to do it. I highly doubt any decision was come to lightly and they don't need people like you judging them.

Mowgli37 · Jan 16, 2014

Husty said:
Oh **** off. You're 16 you have **** all idea about how that might work. Caring for a child with Down Syndrome is an incredibly hard thing to do and requires a lifelong commitment and it is perfectly understandable if people com to the conclusion they're not in a position to do it. I highly doubt any decision was come to lightly and they don't need people like you judging them.

My brother has Down's, I think I have a pretty good idea thanks :thumbsup:

Husty · Jan 16, 2014

Mowgli37 said:
My brother has Down's, I think I have a pretty good idea thanks

You live in leafy Horsham and from everything I can work out come from a comfortable background. The reality for a couple from Whitehawk both existing on minimum wage is rather different. The idea they should have the child and if they can't cope... So we just hand these kids off to our BRILLIANT care system do we?

Leekbrookgull · Jan 16, 2014

and the silence from the anti-abortion lobby is deafening.

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