This slices right to the only issue:
If it’s wrong to poke your child’s eyes out because you want them to become a member of the blind “community”, then it’s equally wrong to use preimplantation genetic diagnosis to increase the possibility a child will be born
crippledwith a disability.
And from a Canuck — oh, but wait, because he does it again:
In other words, some parents had the painful and expensive fertility procedure for the express purpose of having children with a defective gene. It turns out that some mothers and fathers don’t view certain genetic conditions as disabilities but as a way to enter into a rich, shared culture.
Some people should just not breed.
A rich, shared culture, my ass. What a load of excrement.
“We all have three heads in our family! It’s a rich, shared, three-headed culture!”
Renaissance Blogger » Blog Archive » Choosing to Create Disabilities says:
[…] When I read, in the New York Times of course, about parents choosing genetic defects for their children and the commentary from Right Wing Nation and The London Fog, my initial reaction was that these people are just plain weird and, as Lisa said, some people just should not breed. […]
December 7, 2006, 4:52 pmdragonlady474 says:
Gawd don’t let the welfare “lifers” get wind of this or they’ll be breeding for disability checks.
December 7, 2006, 5:32 pmbenning says:
Never ceases to amaze me just how low some people will stoop. These “people” are truly twisted.
December 7, 2006, 6:23 pmJeffrey Quick says:
Dragonlady:
They already are.
If deaf is good, and blind is good, then deaf and blind must be even better, right? Take any parent who tries this, and “make it so.”
December 8, 2006, 12:21 pm