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So you think parents should not know and should not care whether their children will have an incurable disease? According to Wiki: "Sickle cell disease occurs

So you think parents should not know and should not care whether their children will have an incurable disease? According to Wiki: "Sickle cell disease occurs when a person inherits two abnormal copies of the β-globin gene (HBB) that makes haemoglobin, one from each parent". So basically this disease is encoded in DNA and it can be predicted whether future child will inherit it. Mandatory DNA screening could result in zero people having this disease (and other expensive to treat or incurable diseases). There will be no need to spend large money researching it, and those money can be used for more important non-genetic diseases. Of course, religious people would be against this but we as a society should rely on science, not on blind faith.

theultdev 3y ago
> analyse DNA of everyone who wants to have children and do not allow it if there are defective genes? You trust the government to decide who can and can't reproduce? You see no problem with this? You see no room for abuse here? There's already tests to show parents many diseases detected early on. It's just not mandatory to terminate.
- codedokode 3y ago
  Tests are not mandatory so people do not know or do not care about the problem. Also they should be done before conceiving a child.
  - theultdev 3y ago
    That's false... there are mandatory tests the doctors do and they do inform the parents if there is a detected problem. What tests are you talking about that should be done BEFORE conception!? Supporting a test that says you have X gene and that might result in a problem so you can't reproduce is a ridiculous stance to have. You seem to have no knowledge about current medical screenings and no regard for human liberty.
    - codedokode 3y ago
      > What tests are you talking about that should be done BEFORE conception!? DNA test that detects errors (invalid sequences) known to cause serious illnesses. I think everyone who is considering to have children, should take such a test because he or she can be a carrier of invalid DNA which can be inherited and ruin life for a child. People should behave responsibly.

theultdev 3y ago

> analyse DNA of everyone who wants to have children and do not allow it if there are defective genes? You trust the government to decide who can and can't reproduce? You see no problem with this? You see no room for abuse here? There's already tests to show parents many diseases detected early on. It's just not mandatory to terminate.

codedokode 3y ago
Tests are not mandatory so people do not know or do not care about the problem. Also they should be done before conceiving a child.
- theultdev 3y ago
  That's false... there are mandatory tests the doctors do and they do inform the parents if there is a detected problem. What tests are you talking about that should be done BEFORE conception!? Supporting a test that says you have X gene and that might result in a problem so you can't reproduce is a ridiculous stance to have. You seem to have no knowledge about current medical screenings and no regard for human liberty.
  - codedokode 3y ago
    > What tests are you talking about that should be done BEFORE conception!? DNA test that detects errors (invalid sequences) known to cause serious illnesses. I think everyone who is considering to have children, should take such a test because he or she can be a carrier of invalid DNA which can be inherited and ruin life for a child. People should behave responsibly.