Message #24773

[Mark]

Brookings Institute Sees Gattaca-Like Genetically Engineered Homosexual Communities In The Very Near Future

Larry, a pediatrician, and David, a wills lawyer, meet in their late 20s, fall in love, and marry on June 15, 2025 in Indianapolis… Larry and David discuss with their doctors the feasibility of screening… embryos they create with (a surrogate’s] eggs for male genes linked to a homosexual orientation. The clinic doctors are experts in embryo screening and alteration, but cannot guarantee that the resulting embryos will in fact turn out to be homosexual. To increase the certainty, they will insert additional “gay gene” sequences in the embryos before they are placed in [the surrogate]…. so that the resulting child would be the genetic offspring of both Larry and David... The genetic code for nonmedical traits such as sexual orientation may be unlocked in coming years. Altering a person’s genes by inserting or deleting DNA sequences is [being studied in] animals.


full article: http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2011/01/21-reproductive-technology-robertson


Gay Or Straight Baby - Use Genetics To Choose Says Expert

Parents-to-be may be able to have their unborn child screened for homosexuality within a matter of a few years, according to a visiting American expert in bioethics. Professor Robert Klitzman of Columbia University's Centre for Bioethics has told TV ONE's Close Up that genetic tests are now being developed to look for autism, alzheimers and various types of cancers. "We may find tests with homosexuality for instance," he said. This would mean people could decide they do not want a child because it is going be gay, or that they want a child that is gay. "So over the next few years as we develop more genetic testing, as the price goes down so it becomes very affordable to do this, these will be questions that millions of people will face," Klitzman said.

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/gay-straight-baby-choice-could-yours-says-expert-5011648