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Originally Posted by mysterycolor
You can already detect some genetic defects such as trisomy 13 (patau syndrome, trisomy 18 (edwards syndrome) & trisomy 21 (down syndrome) in the first trimester- so who is to say that people aren't aborting when they learn of the genetic abnormality? and who is to say they are wrong if they do? roughly 80% of babies born with patau syndrome die within their first year and at least half of babies born with edwards syndrome die within a week, that is if you actually make it to term as many of them are still born. As for down syndrome, many can live relatively long lives but are prone to health problems, developmental delays and a slew of other problems that will be around for their entire life... and this syndrome i know for sure has seen an uprise in abortion when detected- one article said 90% of fetus' diagnosed are then aborted in the United States...
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Just because it's already being done, doesn't mean it's right. It's eugenic, pure and simple. Heaven forbid we find the "gay gene." Would there be an uproar if parents all of a sudden started aborting their potentially gay progeny? And what about false positives and negatives, which may say that a kid will be just fine and then they're born with Down Syndrome or the tests say that the child may have Down and they wind up fine? Both cases exist. No test is 100% accurate.
This may sound callous, but I think we've gotten way beyond people caring about really extreme gallows humor, but how would we study and fight disorders without people born with them? Then again, if they are all aborted, then we don't have the disorder, right?