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Actually Deaf people have campaigned against a proposal to ban the selection of embryos based on a preference to have a Deaf child, because they wanted to be ab
by idw 5y ago
Actually Deaf people have campaigned against a proposal to ban the selection of embryos based on a preference to have a Deaf child, because they wanted to be able to choose to have a Deaf child. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7287508.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7287508.stm
The campaign was unsuccessful. UK law now says that:
(9)Persons or embryos that are known to have a gene, chromosome or mitochondrion abnormality involving a significant risk that a person with the abnormality will have or develop—
(a)a serious physical or mental disability,
(b)a serious illness, or
(c)any other serious medical condition,
must not be preferred to those that are not known to have such an abnormality.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/22/section/14 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/22/section/14
- chr1 5y agoThis is unfair, if parents want something, doctors are ready to do, and the government is not providing disability payments for the condition, the government should not meddle with what people do with their lives. Sadly there are too many people who want to tell others how to live, and they'll continue to harm people trying to ban things like euthanasia, cloning, genetic modification of children, etc.