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Yes, we have human diversity, and I am not against that.
My point is that somebodys rights (two concenting adults) should not violate other peoples rights (children, who have not asked to be born). Or to rephrase it: It's not a human right to have children.
Sometimes we make choices in life that have consequences. Perhaps, if children feels so important, that you ought to have them the "usual" way, that would mean to sacrifice a same sex relationship. If, on the other hand, the relationship is more important, then it would be better to live without children, for the children's sake. I went to school with a girl who was adopted (ethnic Norwegian) and who was extremely frustrated because she could not know who her biological parents were. Now adoptees have the right to know when they are 18 years old. Why would we now create a society where many would never ever know of their originis because of anonymous insemination? Do governments know what a "Pandora's box" they have opened? And what mental pain and despair it could cause for future generations?
Heterosexual couples already do that. If you believe people should not be free to "sell" sperm or "rent" a womb then, okay, fine. But it's not something new, I don't think, and I am not sure anecdotal examples (like the one you cited) are helpful in establishing anything because other people may report quite different cases (e.g. I know a girl from my neighborhood was adopted from Bulgaria when she was a baby and she was raised by a single (and quite old) mother. She's nearly 25 now and I am sure quite happy with her life so far).
You mention artificial insemination which is not quite the same as adoption. One of the biological parents is usually the actual parent. Lesbian & gay couples might do that. Now this is far more new but, in your sense, less "dangerous" than adoption. After all, the child knows at least one of her biological parents is her actual parent.
But I admit I do not know whether adopted children are worse off or better off than non-adopted children. I am saying though that adoption is not something new (so, in my opinion, your point about unknown consequences is not right).
Read this by the US Department of Health & Human Services, for example.