Friday, May 4, 2007

Naming the Baby Already?

A new method of determining the sex of a fetus has been produced. It is now capable for couples to take a home test to reveal the sex of a fetus at only 6 weeks. The fear of many is the idea of more abortions occuring because of an unwanted gender.

The normal period for determining the sex of an unborn baby is 20 weeks; four weeks before the legal limit for abortion. The Pink or Blue Early Test Kit, launched on the internet by DNA Worldwide, is claimed to be 98 per cent reliable.

The procedure of this test is getting a small blood sample on a filter paper from the mother, the mother then sends the sample to science labs followed by scientists looking for the Y chromosome found in males only. This test works because an unborn baby’s DNA is present in the mother for six weeks.

This gender test is absured, why would the parents of the unborn baby want to know the sex so soon? Do they need the time to paint the babies room this early? I'm sure the parents could wait an extra month or so to find out the sex. During the first six weeks they should just be celebrating the idea of having a life to care for.

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