Karyotyping

Hi there,
First of all, I would like to give some information about what is karyotyping. A karyotype is like a picture of a person's chromosomes. It is being done before a child has born to find out if there is a genetic abnormality or not. Karyotyping is very expensive and risky. The methods can harm the mother or the child while doing karyotyping. Anyway, it is a good way to find out the baby's genetic information. Now,  I'm gonna answer some questions about it but bear in mind that all answer's are belonging to my beliefs so I hope you won't judge them.

Should there be laws governing this?
We all know that karyotyping can harm both lives of a mother and a baby, so some people would think that it would be illegal, the other region of people might think that it is beneficial and it should be legal. This is a personal question, so government has nothing to do with that issue. Adults can decide on having a baby or not, either they can decide on if they should do a karyotyping or not by asking to a doctor. This is very personal, the baby will not be the government's :) By the way I think the same thing about abortion as well.

Should expectant mothers over a certain age be obliged to get a karyotype?
In my opinion, the women over 35 years old should not have babies. Not just because it is very risky that there is a more chance of genetic abnormalities, it is also a woman over 35 years old would not be enough efficient to her baby. We all know that people are starting to loose their health year by year. Also, there are so many humans in the world. Natural sources will not be able to fulfill our needs after a short while. Nobody should have more than 2 babies, and the women over 35 years old should not have babies. There should be a law for this. If they have a baby they should pay a tax.


If one government were to make karyotyping illegal, should it also be illegal to travel to another country to have a karyotype?
Nothing should be illegal about karyotyping. Human life is very cheap and short, come on. There is nothing to take so seriously. Not just karyotyping, everything can harm a living. It is also beneficial to identify.

Who should decide when a karyotype is necessary? Who should decide whether to keep or abort the babies which present chromosomal anomalies?
I think every mother candidate has a right to decide it, also they can take this decision according to their doctor's decisions. The decision of abortion is very personal too, again the doctors and future parent should decide it together.

If you found out that your future child had a chromosomal anomaly that would make him very different from other children, what would you do?
Personally, I will not have a baby. But if I have a child which has chromosomal anomaly, I would give a decision of abortion because I cannot handle it. I would think that it is my guilt. Everybody deserves an healthy life, so I think abortion is a good decision at this point. Again, I do not plan to have a baby :)


Have a nice week my dears, 

aylinsenem.