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If someone carries genes for a serious genetic disorder(s), I don't believe they should have children.
I agree. In 2016 I read about a woman who recently had a kid despite the fact that she herself had early-onset, hereditary ALS and the disease has been in the family since the 1700s. STOP REPRODUCING SERIOUSLY JUST STOP.
with genetic screening it is now possible to remove these defects from the gene pool. unless you have a dominant gene such as Huntingtons you and your partner may be carriers of a recessive gene such as cf in which case you have a 1 in 4 chance of having a child with the defect.
That's what the woman should have done, but apparently she didn't give a shit because she didn't do it.
huntington's is such an awful disorder that most families with it choose to get screened now
That's good to hear about the screening. And something I want to add to this post is that just because a person can do something doesn't mean they should. I believe that people should be legally allowed to have kids if they want, but they shouldn't expect anyone to support them or approve of it.
I don't mean to sound heartless, but, in some cases, not necessarily every case, I don't think it is fair to have children. They shouldn't have to suffer.
I think so, for things like serious disabilities and illnesses it is better for the future of humanity.
I don't like the thought of hardcore genetic engineering, cloning or unnatural shit like that, because you don't know where that could go, what it could lead to. But in terms of discouraging certain people from breeding, I don't think that's a bad thing.
You can always adopt if you want to have kids that badly. If I ever have kids I'd probably adopt, since I don't like the thought of surrogacy.
I believe in voluntary eugenics. If you carry a genetic disorder, or you have a family history of one, then don't have kids. Adopt instead. You still get to raise a kid, the kid gets a family, and there is one less bad gene floating around. Everyone wins!
well if its a serious medical trait that makes for a shitty life , then dont reproduce. but if its just minor like an extra vagina go for it.
It depends on the genetic disorder. If it is something really serious like sickle cell anemia, I'm sorry. I just don't think you should have kids. They don't deserve that.
A person with a 200+ year family history of hereditary ALS having children isn't some kind of brilliant plan. It's actual insanity.
Actually Hitler took it a little farther than that. He wanted selective breeding. Like we do to dogs. That way he could make his master race.
It depends on the severity. But I'd say if the parents really wanted kids they should go for it. It's their choice and they're not really doing anything wrong, but I personally wouldn't in that position because I wouldn't want my kid to risk baring that pain. I'm sure people that do have deformities wouldn't want to have kids anyways just for that reason.
I'm against consenting adults being forced into not having children. But I'm also against people who legally can not give consent having children. For example people who are mentally handicapped, whether genetically disabled or not should not have children.
That being said people with sever genetic issues that still have kids are just selfish.
Telling the population to stop having children for whatever reason is like yelling at random birds to stop flying. Sex is a huge part of our existence, it's why companies add a shit ton of eye candy in their products and games (Boss, I think we need to add big tits and more bubbly ass!!!), or a ton of sex scenes to their movies or shows (guys... let's be bold and show penis and full vagina spread eagle style!!!!) It's just how we are. So telling some girl, "Ugh, you have a genetic defect that's going to make life difficult for your children," she's going to fake concern and humor you, or just not care, because she wants children whether it's safe or not, due to that small idiotic fact that many of us believes, "It wont happen to me."
You do realise some genetic disorders don't show up until after people carrying it have already had children? To give an example very close to me, My 45 year old daughter has just been diagnosed with genetic cardiomyopathy, which her father died of when she was a teenager, far too late for him to have known he had it. She has 3 children who won't know if they've inherited the gene unless they have genetic counselling, which I would hope they do before they reproduce.
I don't think it's a good idea for people to pass on genetic disorders if they know they carry them, but I wouldn't be in favour of that being enforced.