Comments on: Suing Over the Sex of Your Baby

By: MeToo

MeToo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:02:15 +0000

Abortion for the purposes of sex selection happens around the world. The United Nations acknowledges this, but is conflicted about the topic. UN trots out the same old line about “reproductive health” as a euphemism for abortion, and has also acknolwedged that sex-specific abortion leads to the “missing women:” “Discrimination against girls may begin in the womb.”

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2005/english/ch7/#box29

http://www.unfpa.org/gender/case_studies.htm

http://www.unfpa.org/gender/practices.htm

Oh, well – that is on the other side of the globe, not here in the United States.

Until now: researchers in 2008 published United States census results indicating that some people, mainly from these male-favoring cultural backgrounds, are discovering whether the fetus is male or female, and aborting it if it is female. You can call that progress if you want. You can call it feminism if you want.

Son-biased sex ratios in the 2000 United States Census.
Almond D, Edlund L.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U S A. 2008 Apr 15;105(15):5681-2.

We document male-biased sex ratios among U.S.-born children of Chinese, Korean,
and Asian Indian parents in the 2000 U.S. Census. This male bias is particularly
evident for third children: If there was no previous son, sons outnumbered
daughters by 50%. By contrast, the sex ratios of eldest and younger children with
an older brother were both within the range of the biologically normal, as were
White offspring sex rati..

By: lhuhman

lhuhman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:13:01 +0000

I guess it just makes me wonder why, if you wanted to know the sex of your baby, you wouldn’t just wait for an ultrasound that insurance typically covers and have the tech tell you right there. You don’t have to spend any additional money, you get your result that day and it is pretty accurate. Typically you have an ultrasound at 20 weeks and can find out the sex of the baby. Is the remaining 20 weeks not enough time to paint a bedroom pink or blue?

These people who bought the tests have more money than sense.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:43:24 +0000

First, let me say that I am not surprised by this patient or by the current law suit. The thinking of Americans has been headed this way for quite some time now. I remember the sister of a friend considering abortion when an amniocentesis showed a sex child she and her husband felt ‘wouldn’t be the best for them’…This was 21 years ago…
Second, Americans, as a whole, have forgotten the entire purpose for having children. Our culture now looks at them as little charms to add to their family bracelet so that they can add the ‘parent thing’ to their resume. As many other things, having a child in America has become a decision of if it is best for the parents and what they want – not what is best for society and generations to come.
Thirdly, lets fast-forward here…The current administration has made it no secret that they are in favor of abortions for any reason, at any time. Is there REALLY anyone out there who didn’t think some enterprising (albeit possibly unethical) company would develop a test to give selfish parens a ‘reason’ for these abortions? Get your heads out of the sand…This will increase…The population of America will look very similar to that of China in no time at all unless we all stand up against this trend.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:18:56 +0000

Dawn,

There are many “mommies” who kill their born children or the children of others. Look at the recent case where the woman kidnapped a female child and raped/tortured her before killing her. Sad.

And suing over the wrong sex is pathetic.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:00:14 +0000

I used Gender Mentor in 2005 because we had an 8 month old baby boy and wanted to know early so that if it was a girl we could plan accordingly in the event we had to buy alot of new baby stuff. To my husband and I it was a good investment. Anyway, the product, when I used it, had a 200% money back guarantee. As I recall you provide your reference number from testing and your childs birth certificate and you get your money back.

By: Sammi

Sammi — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:06:47 +0000

Seems to me these women must truly believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. They believe everything they read. Angry enough to sue because they didn’t get the result they thought they did?? Anyone ever had to go back for more Mammography films, X-rays, MRI’s, CT Scans or bloodwork??? All MEDICAL tests (and expensive ones at that!!) that can be misinterpreted, false positive or inconclusive. Ever had a spot STAY on your clothes even after ‘pretreating’ and soaking in cleaning products that state they are the “best”? Or how about the ever famous MONEY BACK GUARANTEE? Trusting anything “over the counter” for something as important to them as learning the sex of their unborn child(ren). Shame on you ALL. And we wonder why our Courts are so backlogged. Get a major grip ladies. The outcome wouldn’t have been any different for you. It just caused an inconvenience in your orderly world. Caveat Emptor (let the buyer beware). Put it down as a life lesson learned.

By: Bethany Cassell

Bethany Cassell — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:01:39 +0000

During my last pregnancy I was given several sonograms, at least one 20 week sonogram is standard for most ob patients. This leaves me wondering why didn’t these woman have the results of this test confiermed by a sonogram? These days the tecnology has increased so much, the pictures are so clear, its hard to miss the gender of your baby when you are seeing it in 3D !

By: LC 6624

LC 6624 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:50:18 +0000

To Courtney:

I doubt that these people are suing to “Get the cost of what they spent back”. They are suing to get MORE money….everyone has to “have a case these days”. They dont want to take responsibility for making a stupid decision….they always WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE ELSE !!!!

By: Dale

Dale — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:42:39 +0000

More people trying to get money for nothing. Did you think taking the test was going to guarentee the sex of you baby? The sex of the child was determined in the first 10 minutes. Get A LIFE. Also disbar the lawyer who filed the case.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:11:21 +0000

I can not image the lives these women will give their children. They obviously feel that their children are somehow flawed by not being the “correct” sex. We have two beautiful daughters that ultrasounds showed to be sons. It was a surprise, and ultrasound has come a long way in 24 years, but each of the girls is exactly what they should be. Our son was also a boy by ultrasound but we were also intelligent enough to know it did not really matter. And even though with him it was VERY obvious he was a boy we were still prepared with a few neutral and girl clothes, just in case. It would appear to me that these women would have chosen to kill their babies rather than have the unwanted sex or they would not be suing the company. Or they could just be money grubbers who want something for nothing. Too bad these children are going to be raised by families that do not want them. Maybe the parents will be kind to the children and give them up for adoption.