[grellis]

This is a three-bagger if ever I read one.

[gridlock]

As proof of their genetic fitness, winners would get a medal, complete with a golden baby, proclaiming their "goodly heritage." The contests fell out of favor here during the 1930s, when a much more disturbing program of genetic screening began … in Nazi Germany.

It is useful to note that prior to the 1930s, eugenics was widely held to be sound science. The debate over whether or not man could and should advance the state of the race through selective breeding and sterilization had been settled in the affirmative. The leading scientific minds of the day all agreed that eugenics was the way of the future, and people who opposed their view were deniers, who were not to be listened to.

Of course, after the horrors of NAZI Germany, you couldn't find anybody who thought eugenics was a good idea. They all vanished overnight.

Substitute "Global Warming" for "Eugenics", and you have a pretty good idea of where we are today.

[chrisser]

So if homosexuality really is genetic, as the activists claim, then in the future it is likely that the "embryo" can be tested for this anomoly and "screened" the way this doctor is "screening" for gender.

Wonder how our progressive friends figure out which side to come down on that potential situation.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Canada has a tiny population compared with China, Japan, or India (which also heavily leans toward boys in child selection). It doesn’t ‘even out.’

[Dumb_Ox]

What are the stat numbers on IVF pregnancies and embryo selection? This looks like a very expensive procedure. I’ll bet only the upper-middle class folks get it. The big newspapers love that demographic, of course.