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Tue Jun-21-11 02:19 PM
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| 24. Is it immoral to attempt to conceive a particular sex? |
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Using acid/base, timing, depth, etc, people have tried to up the odds on conceiving a particular sex. Is this immoral also?
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| -Is abortion for the purpose of sex selection immoral? |
Pterodactyl |
Jun-20-11 08:19 PM |
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Every time they make the decision to give up a girl |
Drale |
Jun-20-11 08:22 PM |
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IMHO China could use some form of "major population disaster" - one that |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-20-11 09:45 PM |
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Huh? Care to elaborate? |
Pterodactyl |
Jun-20-11 09:59 PM |
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I'm just saying that they have a huge population, and it is going to pose a HUGE |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-21-11 10:40 AM |
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OK. For a moment there, I thought you might have been hoping for the deaths of millions of people! |
Pterodactyl |
Jun-21-11 09:18 PM |
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+1 |
jul61252 |
Jul-02-11 03:12 PM |
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I would think it would create more social problems rather than a population disaster |
Starboard Tack |
Jul-30-11 04:43 PM |
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In my mind, I think it is. |
sakabatou |
Jun-20-11 08:23 PM |
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Is it immoral to attempt to conceive a particular sex? |
uppityperson |
Jun-21-11 02:19 PM |
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No more immoral than wishing, hoping or praying for one or the other. |
Starboard Tack |
Jul-30-11 04:50 PM |
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I don't know... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Jun-20-11 08:24 PM |
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Abortion is between a woman and her doctor |
Ohio Joe |
Jun-20-11 08:25 PM |
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+1000 |
jul61252 |
Jul-02-11 03:13 PM |
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say buh bye to jul61252! |
iverglas |
Aug-21-11 02:26 AM |
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Wow. that is something. |
uppityperson |
Aug-21-11 01:43 PM |
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nah, seems to have been random |
iverglas |
Aug-21-11 02:50 PM |
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Abortion is between a woman and herself |
Starboard Tack |
Jul-30-11 04:54 PM |
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I don't think the standard should be pure morality, but rather ethics. |
no_hypocrisy |
Jun-20-11 08:27 PM |
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Immoral is a slippery term. |
TheWraith |
Jun-20-11 08:29 PM |
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Should humans engage in breeding programs?? |
Angry Dragon |
Jun-20-11 08:30 PM |
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My neighbor has adopted three Chinese girls. |
Brianboru |
Jun-20-11 08:30 PM |
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Your neighbor is AWESOME! |
Pterodactyl |
Jun-20-11 08:42 PM |
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They are great kids - and two other families also adopted girls. |
Brianboru |
Jun-20-11 09:15 PM |
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Depends on what you use as your moral compass. |
ZombieHorde |
Jun-20-11 08:32 PM |
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It seems here the goal is to only give birth to boys at the expense of girls. |
Pterodactyl |
Jun-20-11 09:02 PM |
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That is goal of the abortions, I was referring to the goal of one's morality. |
ZombieHorde |
Jun-20-11 10:16 PM |
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Yeah, that's what I was saying. Their goal is boys. |
Pterodactyl |
Jun-21-11 09:19 PM |
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The boys are more likely to be a means to an ultimate goal. nt |
ZombieHorde |
Jun-21-11 10:39 PM |
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What's immoral is the favoring of males that engenders this sort of behavior. |
snagglepuss |
Jun-20-11 08:34 PM |
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+ 1,000! nt |
left coaster |
Jun-20-11 08:51 PM |
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Exactly. But by the same token, no good can come of forced childbearing. |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-20-11 09:48 PM |
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Not when it's done because the parents carry a sex-specific genetic disease marker. n/t |
Ian David |
Jun-20-11 08:45 PM |
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Abortion is a private decision. If a woman feels that she cannot love and |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-20-11 09:42 PM |
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Either sex selection is moral or it is immoral - abortion is largely irrelevant |
saras |
Jun-20-11 09:47 PM |
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Is attempting to conceive one sex immoral? |
uppityperson |
Jun-21-11 02:17 PM |
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Great Post |
libguy_6731 |
Aug-06-11 03:28 PM |
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The answer is yes. Yes, it is. |
Pterodactyl |
Jun-21-11 09:22 PM |
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Using that logic, do you feel all abortions are immoral? Since they get "deselected" for not being |
uppityperson |
Jul-02-11 05:39 PM |
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Yes, nearly all would be. |
Pterodactyl |
Jul-06-11 08:14 PM |
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In what case is an abortion not "immoral"? When, if ever, should they be legal? |
uppityperson |
Jul-08-11 11:56 AM |
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In cases of self defense. |
Pterodactyl |
Jul-08-11 02:20 PM |
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self defense how? Thank you. Not sure what you mean, if you could clarify |
uppityperson |
Jul-08-11 02:21 PM |
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When the mother's life is endangered. |
Pterodactyl |
Jul-13-11 09:17 PM |
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You do not think early abortions are moral, only late term ones if the mother's life is endangered. |
uppityperson |
Jul-16-11 09:52 PM |
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So disheartening |
musette_sf |
Jul-10-11 08:18 PM |
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That does not mean it is a good thing. America can do better. |
Pterodactyl |
Jul-13-11 09:19 PM |
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Autonomy for women IS a good thing. |
musette_sf |
Jul-14-11 02:29 PM |
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Jul-14-11 08:45 PM |
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What if someday women didn't even feel they had to do it? |
Pterodactyl |
Jul-16-11 10:20 AM |
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Not every woman wants to or can be pregnant and raise a child, or risk her life |
Lars39 |
Jul-16-11 11:03 AM |
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because the alternatives would be, um, what? |
musette_sf |
Jul-16-11 12:33 PM |
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How about adoption by a responsible family? |
Pterodactyl |
Aug-31-11 09:07 PM |
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if i don't want to be pregnant, no kind of adoption is acceptable |
Scout |
Sep-01-11 09:32 AM |
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Had to do what? Bear a child if they didn't want to? Or feel they "had" to have an abortion? |
uppityperson |
Jul-16-11 09:55 PM |
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Is A Facelift For The Purpose of Looking Better Immoral? |
zorahopkins |
Jul-01-11 05:17 PM |
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no |
jul61252 |
Jul-02-11 12:19 PM |
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how do you define immoral? |
peace17 |
Jul-04-11 01:43 AM |
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So what do YOU think? |
Pterodactyl |
Jul-06-11 08:16 PM |
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I am 100% pro-choice but using abortion as a form of birth/population control is immoral |
Starboard Tack |
Jul-30-11 04:47 PM |
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I don't understand. You are pro-choice yet using abortion for birth control is immoral? |
uppityperson |
Jul-30-11 05:00 PM |
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Sorry, meant to say as a primary method of birth control. |
Starboard Tack |
Jul-30-11 05:48 PM |
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Thank you. Sounds like you view abortion as immoral but ok in some cases |
uppityperson |
Jul-30-11 05:58 PM |
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I would call it immoral if used for gender selection or population control |
Starboard Tack |
Jul-30-11 07:41 PM |
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no, it's not. wise in the long run, on a societal level? no. but no more immoral than any abortion. |
Scout |
Sep-01-11 09:36 AM |
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No, not immoral, but probably unwise |
NOMOREDRUGWAR |
Sep-02-11 04:14 PM |
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LIVE topic -- 163,000,000 Missing Women in Asia |
vets74 |
Sep-08-11 09:58 AM |
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if I'm reading this correctly ... |
iverglas |
Sep-19-11 09:08 AM |
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In conjunction with that poster's other topic that words, terms, matter, it is oddd. |
uppityperson |
Sep-19-11 03:05 PM |
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Abortion is a medical procedure |
tgal |
Sep-19-11 03:09 PM |
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