There are several questions that I wish to address concerning genetic research. The first of which being if one knew their child was going to be a “genetic weakling” and of defective, would you have an abortion or force that child to be sterile for the betterment of community? To start how do u define someone as being a genetic weakling or defective, what are the superior genes that are the deciding point? I believe that everyone that is born has some positive effect on the world one way or another. Though they might be “defective” or lack in one area, does not mean they cannot excel in others. For example, Einstein was said to be mildly autistic, however look at the advances he made for our scientific community. Also in the beginning the society might have a line drawn to say what defective is, however they will continue to find things wrong, and raise the bar on defects. The way that goes, eventually they would be killing off everyone because no one can be considered perfect. I personally do not agree with this, if I am going to have a child that is autistic, I will accept the challenge, loving them as much as I would a child that did not have autism.
There is yet a second question that is harder to answer than the one above. If I found out that I am to have a child, and that child has Tay Sachs disease, where they baby dies within a year of birth, would I have an abortion? I have carefully considered both sides of this argument, and have come to the conclusions of its personal choice. One would have to weight out their options, meaning would you rather carry this child for 9 months only to have it suffer and die a year after birth or would you have an abortion to save yourself from going through losing this child that you have grown close to and developed a close relationship with. Personally I do not like considering the thought of having an abortion myself, I support a woman’s right to choose, however I would never be able to go through with it myself. At least I never thought I would be able to until I ran into this question. I view an abortion as taking an emotional toll on myself and my significant other, and it would completely suck to have one. However I do not think that I would be emotionally stable enough to carry a child for nine months, having the knowledge that I would grow close to them over the next year, and then have them taken from me. So initially it is a personal choice on your morals, values, and personal strength however personally I would not be able to have a child knowing their fate.
