Posted: May 19, 2012 3:30 pm
AlohaChris wrote:RexN responded:
"Seriously? You look forward to the day there are no Downs Syndrome people, no blind people, no deaf people, no dwarves, no diabetics, nobody predisposed to cancer, no colour blind people, no one with a congenital heart defect, no-one born without a limb, no one with a slightly deformed little finger, etc. How about no ugly people? How about nobody as heartless as you?
People like this I don't understand. If certain types of cancer are inherent it's only natural a person who wants what's best for their kids would screen some fertilised eggs and pick one which doesn't carry the offending gene.
I don't get this sanctity of life taken all the way down to the cellular level. A petri dish full of fertilised eggs in liquid is the type of thing that if I was working with in a lab and it dropped and landed upside down on my jeans I'd say, "Oops!" And casually wipe it off with a J-cloth and just tell the owners we need some more. They failed. No biggie.
A blastocyst, an embryo at four weeks, pretty much the same. If I somehow accidently squished one with a careless hand I'd be like, "Ugh!" and wipe it off the chair.
I wouldn't mind though. Most of these people would put down a dog born with something serious like anencephaly which will kill it in hours to a few days but with humans would insist on laws which prevent us from allowing the same for humans.
Not that it doesn't happen anyway.
Edit - should've said *...put down a dog out of compassion.* which very important to my meaning.