According to newser, "A prominent endocrinologist is giving an experimental drug to pregnant women who fear their babies are at risk of an abnormality that can result in "ambiguous genitalia." These girls tend to have more masculine qualities—tomboyish in youth and less interested in being mothers themselves as adults. Dr. Maria New's worst critics accuse her of using a risky procedure (it's an off-label use of the drug) to try to make sure that baby girls grow up to fit all our worn-out...
Read more …According to newser, "A prominent endocrinologist is giving an experimental drug to pregnant women who fear their babies are at risk of an abnormality that can result in "ambiguous genitalia." These girls tend to have more masculine qualities—tomboyish in youth and less interested in being mothers themselves as adults. Dr. Maria New's worst critics accuse her of using a risky procedure (it's an off-label use of the drug) to try to make sure that baby girls grow up to fit all our worn-out female stereotypes. They even say she's trying to weed out lesbians."
Doesn't this sound like straight out of science fiction? From Gattacca to The Left Hand. It would be difficult not to see the administration of this drug as nothing more than a way to keep people in check. Would ambiguous genitalia or a tomboy be so hard to bear?
