Someone in my office is pregnant and the majority of people seem to be against finding out the gender or the genetic screening tests like testing for downsyndrome.
Most of them are a bit older like late 39s to early 50s and parrot the opinion that "there's nothing like the surprise of finding out when they're born"
I would want to know as early as possible for gender and genetic testing, how about you?
Your story is factually wrong. There are certain genetic tests you must undergo for the State and Trisomy21 (a.k.a Down’s syndrome) is one.
It used to be before the repeal of Roe V Wade that you could abort before 20 weeks in some states for any reasons. Abortion may still be legal for genetic compromise.
anything that reduces the biological & societal risks of birth & procreation are welcome.
I'd be curious to hear why people wouldn't want to do this, other than "it's how my father did it and his father before him"
Probably ethics.
anything that reduces the biological & societal risks of birth & procreation are welcome.
I'd be curious to hear why people wouldn't want to do this, other than "it's how my father did it and his father before him"
Probably ethics.
Like they'd consider it immoral to abort due to a genetic disease?
anything that reduces the biological & societal risks of birth & procreation are welcome.
I'd be curious to hear why people wouldn't want to do this, other than "it's how my father did it and his father before him"
Probably ethics.
Like they'd consider it immoral to abort due to a genetic disease?
Yes. They would say it would be like stating people with down syndrome are not worth of living.
I understand. How do you think about it?
Imo, for gender that could reasonably be a personal choice and the boomers telling her she should wait are kinda dicks.
Testing for genetic issues I would absolutely do and I think others should, but it is of course still their personal choice and shouldn't be forced on them. I would abort a fetus with any genetic issue. The sooner to find out the better. Fo others who wouldn't terminate, knowing ahead if time that they are going to have a disabled child would at least give them time to prepare.
Also, obligatory reminder that, technically speaking, people with down syndrome are not actually human because they have a different number of chromosomes. Offspring of a species having a different number of chromosomes from their parent generation, then reproducing with other offspring of the parent species that have the same number of chromosomes as them is a recognized route of evolution from an ancestor species to a new species. It may not sound PC, but that's biology. (Example, lots of species of daisies that look similar, but cannot be cross-pollinatated.)
Your story is factually wrong. There are certain genetic tests you must undergo for the State and Trisomy21 (a.k.a Down’s syndrome) is one.
It used to be before the repeal of Roe V Wade that you could abort before 20 weeks in some states for any reasons. Abortion may still be legal for genetic compromise.
Has velvet told us what "state" (or country for that matter) they live in? You are making a lot of assumptions here.
