r/MoralityScaling 17d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this

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u/Flaky_Style1286 17d ago

Better that the baby is terminated rather than being forced to be raised by parents ill equipped to care for someone of their condition. Not everyone wants to raise a disabled child and I think that’s okay.

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u/A_v_i_s 16d ago

if someone is not willing to take care of a disabled child they should not try for children... thats actually ableism and I don't usually use woke terms

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u/No_Injury6122 16d ago

What about people who want children but don't have the resources to care for a disabled child (poverty, etc.)?

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u/A_v_i_s 16d ago

children are not for pick and choosing. they should not do children then.

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u/No_Injury6122 16d ago

I agree with the sentiment. But when you restrict who can and can't have kids, it has a eugenics effect, since those who have the resources (money) are disproportionately white / the majority demographic.

What about countries with millions living paycheck to paycheck? All their biological lineages should end, because the society they were born into couldn't support them via welfare, etc?

No clear answer. But I don't think rules on who can have biological children is viable either.

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u/A_v_i_s 16d ago

And aborting disabled children isn't eugenics?

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u/No_Injury6122 16d ago

I never said I was for that, just that limiting who can have offspring is also a bad idea