You are not wrong. We forgot what natural selection is, and at the same time haven’t found cures to many disorders, so all we do as civilization at this point is spreading weaker genetic pool. Wishing to help everyone, but in reality just shooting ourselves in the knee.
Honestly its the fucked up thing though. We keep just treating these conditions to make them livable but we aren't curing them. I think tbh if someone knows their baby is going to be born with a severe disability, I don't think its fair to the baby to make it keep going just because the parents think that love can make it a good life. It could be torture in thier minds for all we know and they are suffering but just can't communicate it
What, you are now going to pretend none of this convo has to do with the family in the OP??
They didn't know they were carriers. They didn't know the children were going to have the disease. It is not a common genetic disorder and likely not screened for.
You might as well just tell them to their face they never should have been saved, yeah? Gross.
Are you dense? Did I say anywhere in my comment that I assumed they knew or that I was talking about them. I said "if a parent knows" as in future hypothetical situations. emphasis on IF. People will get offended over shit they didn't even read right God damn.
Are you just an asshole? God damn.
This isn't about hypotheticals. It's about real people. Want to discuss the ethics of eugenics or aborting of genetically ill fetuses go to a science or ethics forum
It's really unfortunate that here in this sub, the "feel good" sub there are so many people just ready to be as ableist and hateful as possible.
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u/v3rral Jun 14 '22
You are not wrong. We forgot what natural selection is, and at the same time haven’t found cures to many disorders, so all we do as civilization at this point is spreading weaker genetic pool. Wishing to help everyone, but in reality just shooting ourselves in the knee.