Selective Reproduction

[Lancecastor]

Would you...should you...reproduce if you knew you had a genetic predisposition to (for example) Autism, Retardation, Down Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis or some other major defect?

Should you have the power to design your own child?

Or would you rather leave it to chance?

 

[Super-Surprise]

Has mike yates created yet another alt?

Welcome back mike...err...Doom.

 

[Ishmael]

Would you...should you...reproduce if you knew you had a genetic predisposition to (for example) Autism, Retardation, Down Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis or some other major defect?

Should you have the power to design your own child?

Or would you rather leave it to chance?

To an extent the wealthy can already do that. And as genetic engineering advances they'll be able to select for specific traits while eliminating defects. A brave new world of Eloy and Morlocks..........except the Eloy will be the smart, good looking ones.

Ishmael

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Mile Yates real name is Mike Hunt.

 

[Wings]

I feel some guilt in passing the BRCA1 gene along to my daughter but I would still have had my kids knowing what I know now.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Would you...should you...reproduce if you knew you had a genetic predisposition to (for example) Autism, Retardation, Down Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis or some other major defect?

Should you have the power to design your own child?

Or would you rather leave it to chance?

Tough call. I ended a relationship way back in college because the girl insisted she never wanted children because she carried so many "bad genes" (and I wanted kids).

Looked her up on Facebook a few years back, she'd had two kids after the age of 40, both with birth defects.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Lancecastor]

A difficult call to make, I would think.

Ish points out there has been technology available for some time now for "wealthy" people.

Now with 23andme, etc, you can get a DNA workup for peanuts.

 

[hashtag45]

Should you have the power to design your own child?

Or would you rather leave it to chance?

Why put kids through an unnecessarily difficult time, let alone the stigma?
If such a procedure that zapped the Down symdrome gene or so on was widely available, I'm sure that most people would take advantage of it.
And I don't think it will all backfire and lead to a "Gattaca"-type society either.

 

[Lancecastor]

I feel some guilt in passing the BRCA1 gene along to my daughter but I would still have had my kids knowing what I know now.

That's a tough one...knowing you could be giving your kids cancer, but having them anyway.

I think I'd rather not know on that one; heavy burden, knowing.

 

[Miasorrow]

I would use any necessarily precautions to have a healthy child and leave it to nature to do the rest. We are only partly capable of defining our fate..

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Wings]

That's a tough one...knowing you could be giving your kids cancer, but having them anyway.

I think I'd rather not know on that one; heavy burden, knowing.

In my defense I was 20 and unaware of my genetics at that time. But yes, there's some parental guilt no matter what.

 

[Wings]

Wings has given her family choices. Choices to make decisions on lifestyle, to make preventative surgery choices even, to choose to consider it...or not. Choice is the best thing we can have.

I have armed them all with knowledge, including my son even though we haven't gotten him tested yet to see if he can pass it on to his children one day.

 

[Lancecastor]

In my defense I was 20 and unaware of my genetics at that time. But yes, there's some parental guilt no matter what.

My daughter is allergic to wheat.

I blame her mother.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Lancecastor]

I was reading that lots of childbirth defects aren't necessarily genetic but prenatal.

Autism, for example, is linked to mothers with poor nutritional habits.

Should prenatal standards of care be mandatory?

 

[WalksOnWater]

It's like I live in a world where Playing God for Dummies has been put in everyone's Christmas stocking but mine.

 

[Adjudicator]

It's like I live in a world where Playing God for Dummies has been put in everyone's Christmas stocking but mine.

Best you should consider taking yourself out of this world.

 

[hashtag45]

Best you should consider taking yourself out of this world.

That's clever. Attack eyer, who's sarcastic comment targetted Lance as well. Shouldn't you have a go at Lance instead? His last post pissed Me off, even if I'm often a sortof fan.

 

[Fata Morgana]

Best you should consider taking yourself out of this world.

I second this.

 

[Fata Morgana]

That's clever. Attack eyer, who's sarcastic comment targetted Lance as well. Shouldn't you have a go at Lance instead? His latest posts pissed me off, and I'm often a sortof fan.

You too, fucknut.

 

[hashtag45]

You too, fucknut.

You really didn't get where I was going with this, didn't you?

 

[Adjudicator]

That's clever. Attack eyer, who's sarcastic comment targetted Lance as well. Shouldn't you have a go at Lance instead? His last post pissed Me off, even if I'm often a sortof fan.

We can tell your dick gets hard for Lance. No need to point that out, little fella.

 

[Fata Morgana]

You really didn't get where I was hoing with this, didn't you?

You hoing? Oh god. What a mental picture.