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Advancing the species or Messing with nature?
Description: Below is a large list of topics that may be considered by some to be Advancing our species and by others to be messing with nature. How ever you view them fell free to expain in as much detail as you would like.
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- at 10:45 PM on Jul. 3, 2008
- 58 moms have taken this survey
PtownStarfish's answers
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1. Cloning Organs
Great advancement. Could improve and save lives.
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2. Cloning Plants
Could be useful for scientific research.
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3. Cloning Animals
Could be useful for scientific research.
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4. Cloning Humans
No way. It's unethical.
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5. Blood Transfusions
Absolutely. Go donate now!
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6. Life support
We must have this, and it should be used according to the patient's and the family's wishes.
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7. Fertility treatments
Good advancement.
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8. Men carrying a child in artificial uttero
Way too unnatural and unnecessary.
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9. Men Breastfeeding without the use of hormone treatments
Way too unnatural. We have formula and breast milk banks for babies in need.
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10. Men Breastfeeding with the use of hormone treatments
Also unnatural. That's what formula and breast milk banks are for.
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11. Birth mother's using formula, for none medical reasons.
Formula should be a last resort, not a choice for convenience.
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12. Women breastfeeding with the use of hormone treatments.
Yes, if it is safe.
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13. Cesarean Sections due to convenence: patient preferance, repeat, long labor
C-sections only as a last resort if natural birth is too dangerous to mother or baby.
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14. Cesarean Section due to safety: Maternal demise, Fetal Demise, Trasverse presentaion, complete breach presentation
Absolutely a good advancement.
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15. Artificial labor inductions: Pitocin, Cyotec, Prepidil, Cervidil
Only when used wisely, as a last resort.
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16. Visualizing the internal body: X-rays, Ultrasounds
Of course it's a good advancement. We can always benefit from getting more information.
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17. Cross polenation
Yes, of course.
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18. Cross breading
Plain crumbs or Italian herbs? OK well, cross breeding can be done naturally to a certain extent. To do it artificially, that depends on the reason.
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19. Feel free to list anything I forgot
In vitro fertilization: it is optional and I can't think of a good reason to not make it available to people.
How other moms answered:
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SURVEY CREATOR
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11. Birth mother's using formula, for none medical reasons.
Messing with nature
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14. Cesarean Section due to safety: Maternal demise, Fetal Demise, Trasverse presentaion, complete breach presentation
Advancing the species
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16. Visualizing the internal body: X-rays, Ultrasounds
Advancing the species
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19. Feel free to list anything I forgot
In vitro fertilization: it is optional and I can't think of a good reason to not make it available to people.
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10. Men Breastfeeding with the use of hormone treatments
messing with nature
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7. Fertility treatments
MESSING WITH NATURE
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Aren't those 50% of so called pure breads known to be less healthy. I really need to research this. It's very interesting, and I really should be more aware. I had no clue about the produce, but have heard bits and pieces of information about dogs.
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Actually it is quite the opposite. Pure breads are frequently inbread because many of them come into the states in such short supply. One top of that pure breads frequently have spicific health problems due to their size, shape, hair densisity etc...Pugs(sinus problems) mastifs, and great danes(hip problems) Chows (skin problems) By cross breading you can cause these problems to be far less prominate. Some "Pure bread" dogs of today that are actually the result of cross breading are: Miniature Bulldog (bulldog/pug), Scoland terrier (Scottish Terrier/Westie mix), and a Blue Spaniel (Australian Catle Dog/Cocker Spaniel mix), just to name a few.
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Cross breeds are healthier than pure breeds, as motherdragon already said. There are only a few breeds that are pure and still quite healthy, like Basenji, just to name one.
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Oh and I really liked this survey! Had to ask these questions from my husband as well, to see what his thoughts were =)
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Excellent survey, I really enjoyed it.
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I loved this survey,made me rethink some things,Very important questions.Kool!!!
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Just an FYI, for those that are interested. Everything mentioned on this survey has been done and/or is in the process of being done except for two things. If you know or would like to guess what those things are fell free to reply below. The answer will be located in a journal posts shortly.
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The topics that have not been attempted are now available under my journal post!
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I'm going to guess.......Men breastfeeding with the use of hormone treatments,and men carrying a child in artificial utero. Now I'm off to your journal post to find out LOL
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Some things are messing with nature to a detriment or unforseen negative consequences, some are just messing with nature for no reason other than to mess with it, some are messing with nature but with a positive benefit to advancing the species. A balance is so very important when going against the natural order. Cloning organs is good, encouraging twinning good, but cloning a person for the sake of harvesting their organs would be bad.
