PFPC Daily - December 11, 2004

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Diet and thyroid pills 'increase gay babies'

The Scotsman - Dec.6, 2004

By ALISON HARDIE

WOMEN who take slimming tablets during their pregnancy are more
likely to give birth to homosexual children, new research has
suggested.

An American study of thousands of mothers and their adult offspring
has found that medication used to treat thyroid deficiency and
amphetamine-based diet pills appeared to have influenced sexual
orientation.

Mothers-to-be are today strongly urged by doctors to avoid all drugs,
unless they are specifically prescribed by their GP.

The US study found that mothers of homosexuals were eight times more
likely to have taken the two identified drugs during the first three
months of their pregnancy.

The results of the tests, involving more than 5,000 Americans and
Canadians, will be published in the journal Personality and
Individual Differences.

It backs up claims that sexuality is determined by genetic and
biological factors during early pregnancy.

SOURCE:
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1395062004