[ SECRET POST #3125 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3125 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

That does sound like a good future; but since we aren't there yet, we only have the genetic testing, and people have zero clue how epigenetics figures in to whatever "positive" result they may have gotten (i.e. no positive result can tell you exactly how the disorder will manifest itself and/or be mitigated), there are a lot of people choosing abortion right now. Which, I'm of two minds about: on the one hands, if they can't handle even the idea of a kid with disabilities, they likely won't be the greatest parents in the first place. On the other hand, the kid might end up only being a carrier, and not even disabled at all.

Lot of grey areas yet IMO.

[diet_poison]

that honestly grosses me out.

Like. I can't form a really good argument why it shouldn't be allowed if abortion is allowed and people shouldn't have to justify it legally. But on a really personal level aborting kids because they are disabled just makes me angry. It's an emotional response.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm disabled, agonised for years about whether I could have children. It severely impacts on my life. Finally decided to have one, knowing that I could have a disabled child. But I got the test for Downs, knowing I'd abort if so. My child is healthy after intensive care start, I am thankful every day, and hopeful he'll grow up healthy and my physical pain will lessen because I can rest more when he's older. I don't feel guilty about that. I do feel incredibly angry about the Australian couple who abandoned their born, existing, Down syndrome baby in Thailand. There's a moral distinction.

Eugenics, however, is pretty scary shit.

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* healthy probably a loaded word, but I don't consider my disability makes me healthy, so eh. It might for others.