tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980672560703701035.post1753534852984116047..comments2023-10-18T04:26:55.916-05:00Comments on Children Have Rights - Say No to Repro Tech: Are fathers passé?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980672560703701035.post-12482324293448977062008-02-01T18:26:00.000-05:002008-02-01T18:26:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.beaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627886826215379414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980672560703701035.post-83087448303814718822008-02-01T16:15:00.000-05:002008-02-01T16:15:00.000-05:00Hi beagle,You are twisting my words a bit. I did n...Hi beagle,<BR/><BR/>You are twisting my words a bit. I did not say that the sexual abuse was not premeditated. It may well have been. What was very likely accidental was the pregnancy itself. I doubt that the 40-year-old man, and the 10-year-old girl, intentionally set out to have a baby. <BR/><BR/>As far as how this baby will be raised and cared for, it is rather presumptuous of you to say that the baby will not be cared for as well as repro tech children. The baby may well be cared for by loving foster or adoptive parents, and you have no basis for saying that such parents are less loving or less good.<BR/><BR/>I never said that genes are the "sum" of life. That would be "narrow" indeed. But it is nonetheless true that our biological origins play an important part in our psychological development. People need to know who they are, and how they belong in the world - and an important part of discovering this is based on their observation of, and interaction with, their own genetic parents, siblings, extended families, and even their ethnicities and cultures. To take that basic knowledge and experience away from a child is to send him or her on a lifelong quest for this information, just like the experience of adopted children has shown. <BR/><BR/>As far as "slander," I certainly don't agree that I am slandering anyone. I am simply demonstrating the facts, the reality of what is happening. In any case, the people who are involved with repro tech don't see anything shameful in it, it seems - so why would they feel "slandered" when I merely point out that this is what they are doing?Veronica Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17087329923628555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980672560703701035.post-18353770393538305902008-02-01T10:13:00.000-05:002008-02-01T10:13:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.beaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627886826215379414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980672560703701035.post-9999769383779141122008-02-01T08:53:00.000-05:002008-02-01T08:53:00.000-05:00Hi Beagle,The case you refer me to is a very tragi...Hi Beagle,<BR/><BR/>The case you refer me to is a very tragic case indeed. <BR/><BR/>Who should raise the new baby? Well, given that the father is a sexual offender, and the mother is a child herself, then the best outcome in this case is probably exactly what has happened here: that the child be raised by a foster family or an adoptive family. <BR/><BR/>However, as with any adopted child, I would still support this child having a right to meet his or her biological parents, and even to visit with the mother, if the child so wished (visiting with the father is obviously not a good idea, for the child's own protection). <BR/><BR/>As you can see, my position is not the black-and-white position that all children must, under any and all circumstances, be raised by their biological parents. That would be foolish. <BR/><BR/>My position is that adoption and foster care are commendable IN CASES OF NEED (such as the one you link to), in cases where they are the best solutions to a preexisting crisis situation. The child always deserves the best chance at a stable life and proper development, and when the birth parents are simply not up to the task, then foster and adoptive parents are a better solution.<BR/><BR/>However, this does not mean that I endorse the INTENTIONAL creation of children whose life is PRE-PLANNED so that they will be deprived of one or both of their biological parents. Children who are created with donor eggs and/or sperm are in a completely different category than the baby mentioned in the story above. These children are no accident. In the case of these children, it is their "adoptive" parents who PREMEDITATED the separation of these children from one or both of their biological parents, before these children were ever conceived.<BR/><BR/>Adoption and foster care are the best solutions we have to emergency situations. However, as good as they are, the preferred option is always to have the child be raised by its biological parents - WHERE THEY ARE UP TO THE TASK.Veronica Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17087329923628555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980672560703701035.post-90719888540990996732008-01-31T14:30:00.000-05:002008-01-31T14:30:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.beaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627886826215379414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980672560703701035.post-37763324035099975372008-01-31T13:48:00.000-05:002008-01-31T13:48:00.000-05:00A rather staunch view from someone who has never h...A rather staunch view from someone who has never had to make such decisions. It's nice to know the world is such a black & white place and that you are the only voice of reason within it.<BR/><BR/>I can hardly wait to go home and scratch my dog's ears, pet both my cats and cuddle my daughter, who just so happens to be adopted. Oh well, at least I have a husband right? I must not be a total heathen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980672560703701035.post-75462956828049552052008-01-31T12:53:00.000-05:002008-01-31T12:53:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.beaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627886826215379414noreply@blogger.com