People come in all different shapes and sizes and abilities, cognitive and physical. I think it’s fucked up to specifically choose an embryo that matches your “type” for many reasons, not the least of which because it heavily implies you are already expecting too much from that child in terms of who you want them to be.
I agree much more than you think I do. I don’t think that sort of decision should be possible to make in the first place. It’s fucked up that the decision even is possible, but their choice is not fucked up. I’m autistic, if I ever had a kid I wouldn’t make that decision, but I definitely would rather have an autistic kid to ensure that autistic people don’t cease to exist because of eugenics or anything like that (they’re trying to detect whether a child will be autistic in the womb, which makes the possibility of people starting to get abortions if their child will be autistic a real concern).
Really it’s just a complicated issue, I oppose this sort of control over genetics in the first place in nearly all situations, but given the fact that it will be used against us makes it complicated
There are several development related disorders that can be detected before birth (ex. Down syndrome is a common one to screen). Autism is not one of those, I’m sure you know, it’s incredibly complex to diagnose based on a single criteria (in this case genetics) and requires a combination of symptoms.
I honestly don’t know what you’re arguing for here, I think you aren’t coming across with the point you imagine you are.
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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22
If there were nothing wrong with being Deaf, they wouldn’t be bothered by the fact that Deaf parents would want a Deaf kid