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Saturday, July 12, 2003The eugenics movement of the beginning of the last century involved those who "knew best" imposing their will on others. The current advances in genetics allow families to make informed reproductive choices about their own future children. Our society has decided that women have the right to choose, independent of the reason provided. Furthermore, parents in our society, for some time now, have made reproductive choices based on medical outcomes for diseases like Down syndrome. Recent advances have expanded the diseases that can be screened for, but have not yet altered the issues under consideration. Of course, those parents are imposing their will on the unborn defective child, but never mind. Then there's this chilling letter: In a country with a grievously ignorant citizenry and a host of deep problems, it is not unthinkable to imagine that we could do better with a little more intelligence. If genetic engineering holds the key to this goal, we should consider using it. The new eugenics need not be racist or state-mandated and, if used wisely, could work wonders. Imagine, a world made up entirely of people who think like that. Ugh. posted by Sydney on 7/12/2003 01:41:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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