Human Sexuality And Culture Course - 1403 Words

While taking this Human Sexuality and Culture course, I was presented with a question during one of the discussions: If you had a child with ambiguous genitalia, what would you do? How would you raise him or her? I had to think about this question for a few moments; I had never even considered it! I live in a culture where people fight for equality and others strive to be accepted because they may be different but they are human beings, and I support them; yet, I never imagined how I would be as a parent to such a person. How could I raise someone who would be so young and still have more courage than I had, because they, unlike me, could stand against a thousand people telling them they are wrong and still know they were right? What would†¦show more content†¦It is estimated that between 0.05% and 1.7% of the global population are born intersex; the latter estimation is close to the percent of the population of red-haired people (Larsson, 2016). Only two countries in the w orld have made formal guidelines preventing surgery on intersex infants. In January earlier this year, the Chilean government issued a guidance to stop healthcare professionals from intervening, and in April of last year the country of Malta was the first country to prohibit these surgeries by law (Larsson, 2016). The Morality of Abortion. A very controversial issue in modern politics is a mother’s right to abort pregnancy. One side, pro-life, include those â€Å"who are morally opposed to abortion, believe it is akin to murder, and hold that it should be made illegal†; the other side, pro-choice, includes those â€Å"who believe that a mother has a moral and legal right to choose to abort her pregnancy† (Hock, 2016, p. 339). I have debated the morality of abortion since I was old enough to comprehend what exactly it was. I have gone from one side to the other, sometimes believing that the fetus deserves a chance at life and other times realizing the effects it may have on the mother. My reasoning for supporting pro-life is based on fetal development so early in the pregnancy. By only the tenth week of