Oh My! This link (via Althouse) really set me off to the point I had to take a few deep breaths to calm myself before I posted.
Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects - New York Times
Wanting to have children who follow in one’s footsteps is an understandable desire. But a coming article in the journal Fertility and Sterility offers a fascinating glimpse into how far some parents may go to ensure that their children stay in their world - by intentionally choosing malfunctioning genes that produce disabilities like deafness or dwarfism.
Where do you start? How about sterilizing these people forever? How can any “so-called” parent make a decision like that? Lessee…I am deaf/dumb/blind, whatever and suffered greatly in the world, so I want to make a baby who can do the same?
Specifically choosing deficient genes to create disabled babies? Do these idiots even fathom how much pain they are inflicting on an innocent so they can “bond in pain”? Blecchhh!
What next? cutting off arms, legs and other appendages on babies born to those who are missing limbs?
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