Natural Baby Sex Selection: Ethical?

A new company, Choice Baby, has promised consumers that it has uncovered the secret to infant sex selection. The plan is backed by a 100% money back guarantee the Choice Baby has a 98.7% success rate. The process is not like the recent attempts for sex selection that required fertilization of an egg outside of the mother’s womb. Past methods of sex selection have involved In Vitro Fertilization and other processes contrary to the Catholic Church teachings. There are no invasive processes to the Choice Baby plan, the act of pro-creation is all-natural. Jenifer Chin a leading sales manager said:

“At Choice Baby, a conception chart is prepared based on the analysis of
data like blood type, date of birth and other personal information. The gender
chart will show the favorable days to attempt conception. All information given
by the couple is sent to a laboratory in France and within 12 working days the
chart is ready.” Asia One Health

Catholic Femina Speaks: So we can now decide if we want a boy or a girl, with reasonable certainty. Is this morally right? I would say that this depends on the person. If a couple uses the Choice Baby Chart and tries to conceive a boy, and they find out that the plan was wrong. How the couple responds to this mistake answers the moral question. If they decide that they will abort the baby because they are having a girl rather than a boy. This is wrong. If they are open to all life and will carry the baby to term boy or girl it is acceptable. Being open to all life and hoping to conceive a child of a particular sex is not a sin, most parents hope for a girl or boy. We have to leave room for God and in the Choice Baby plan 98.7% is not a hundred percent. This is a lot like the Natural Family Planning Model that is 99% accurate, and still open to life.

Catholic College Imperative For Social Studies & Humanities

Does college affect the spirituality of the person? This was the question that propelled the University of Michigan Study, the researchers observed students majoring in: Education, Vocational/Clerical, Business, Biology, Engineering, Physical Science/Math, Humanities, and Social Sciences. At the start of the study researchers had expected the Physical Science/Math students to move farther from religion, but the truth surprised the researchers. The group studied nearly 26,000 students graduating high school between the years 1996-2006. The researchers concluded that students majoring in Education had the greatest church attendance and put the most emphasis on the importance of religion. The study observed that students who studied Humanities and Social Studies were the most likely to loose their faith. Ars Technica
Catholic Femina Speaks: This study is very interesting, especially considering that most of the “real Catholic Colleges” are liberal arts or humanity based. I believe that this is because these subjects speak the most of religion and it is imperative that these subjects be taught in light of the faith. I hope that this study enlightens people to the importance of studying at a Catholic college particularly for the humanities and the Social Sciences.

Embryonic Stem-Cell Research a Thing of the Past

Embryonic stem cells are definitely not necessary! The controversy over the need for the unethical practice of harvesting stem cells from Embryos was rendered unnecessary today when Chinese researchers unveiled their recent discovery. These scientists worked to:

“Induce cells from connective tissue in mice to revert back to their embryonic state and producing living mice from them. Thus demonstrating that cells from adults can be converted into cells that, like embryonic stem cells from fetuses, have the ability to produce any type of tissue, the researchers have made a major advance toward eliminating the need for fetal cells in research and clinical applications.” LA Times

The research has given the pro-life movement more momentum to push the embryonic stem cell research out. The unethical practice of harvesting embryos was claimed to be necessary for the promotion of adult-cell research and this has been disproven. Hopefully the U.S. researchers will curb their course of study and integrate this new form of stem-cell research which preserves rather than takes life.