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It's certainly close enough for me!
by giraffe_lady 3y ago
It's certainly close enough for me!
- n4r9 3y agoIf someone decides to have an abortion due to a genetic condition, would you say that they're practising eugenics?
- runarberg 3y agoThe thing that makes this eugenicist is the fact that it is none of his business whether other people do with their bodies. If he decided for him self not to give birth to a baby with Down’s syndrome, that is his choose, but if he is claiming to be a moral arbitrator of what other people choose, he may be dabbling in eugenics.
- n4r9 3y agoApparently he elaborated his position a little later: > Given a free choice of having an early abortion or deliberately bringing a Down child into the world, I think the moral and sensible choice would be to abort. > For what it’s worth, my own choice would be to abort the Down fetus and, assuming you want a baby at all, try again. > Given a free choice of having an early abortion or deliberately bringing a Down child into the world, I think the moral and sensible choice would be to abort. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/richard-dawkins-i-regret-comments-on-aborting-downs-syndrome-fetuses-which-caused-so-much-upset-9683737.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/richard-dawkins-i-regret-... This honestly seems like a reasonable statement to me, although I can understand why some would be upset by it.