I don’t usually get into moral debates like abortion. My focus has always been on culture and foreign interference. I admit I am pro-life because I came out of a culture that practised sex-selective abortions and were willing to kill kids if they were in the ‘wrong ethnic group’. Later, when the Communist Party of China came into power, their ‘One Child Policy’ brought in a programme of forced abortions and birth control, which at the time was sold as a ‘good choice’ for women. One that would help them to live a good life and contribute to the fight against ‘overpopulation’ making it therefore for the common good.
One of the things the pro-abortion side is often good at is the positing of moral and emotional dilemmas designed to catch out and show the logical incoherency of the pro-life side. This includes the ‘Violinist Argument’ and the ‘Burning Birth Centre Argument’. It’s interesting that these are still being used despite the pro-life side having actually successfully refuted both arguments. This does reflect the often-emotional arguments used by the pro-abortion side, with the most common including rape victims, incest and children in state care to justify it.
It was through following the debate that this dilemma came to mind.
Let’s imagine for a second that our screening technology has come to the point that we know every potential thing about a person at birth.
This does not sound far off considering we have the technology to screen for possible Down Syndrome and many other things.
Let us imagine that one of the things we can predict about a baby is their sexual orientation and gender identity. Not only will we know whether they will be gay, bisexual, intersexual or any other orientation we will also know whether they will change their gender.
Because the gay lobby continually insists that people are ‘born that way’, we will assume they are correct in that people cannot change their sexual orientation.
The LGBT lobby has continually insisted that homophobia and transphobia still exists in society. Therefore, there will be many homophobic and transphobic parents who will not want a gay or transgender kid.
Let’s imagine this scene: an expectant mother excitedly finding out the potential traits of her foetus. The doctor comes in and announces that the foetus will be gay as an adult. The mother’s excitement turns to anger and she demands an abortion. The expectant father, who’s in the room with her, tries to talk her out of it but the strong, independent woman says it is her choice.
So, my question is this: Should the mother be allowed this choice to abort because of this information or should she be stopped because it is discriminatory based on sexual identity and orientation? Is the choice of the mother important regardless of the reason or is the foetus’s life now important in the interest of LGBT rights and stopping discrimination?
I leave you with this dilemma.