RedhandedMan t1_jecqewv wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:33 AM

Reply to comment by angleonyourshoulder in Selected before birth | Embryo risk screening could lower the odds of illnesses ranging from depression to diabetes, but poses ethical problems by ADefiniteDescription

I feel like if you don't do everything you reasonably can to give your kids a good life you don't deserve them.

PhysicalLobster3909 t1_jee7zyk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:33 AM

Both of you are right. The concern about how it could modify our view of disability and illness in general is legitimate however.

The second problem is the level of defect that would be "acceptable" or "unacceptable" between severe disability and markers making depression, diabetes or any slight problem more likely.

The first is undoubtedly a progress, the second blurs the line between that and a more dubious "optimisation".