RE: Abortion based on disability is eugenics - Here's why
April 13, 2015 at 11:13 am
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2015 at 11:20 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I'm not, personally, very subconscious about that one. Having "normal" kids is plainly better,...even if there's not much difference between the kids once you have them. I have 5, one suffered nerve damage in the womb and during delivery (left her arm inop)- nearly killed her mom on the way out. Glad to have her, love her to death, I'll beat a bitch senseless (children included) if they ever say an unkind word to her on that count.....and I didn't take her out to the beach and throw her on the rocks on account of her disability and the good of the rest of us, -that- would be eugenics.
-but, it's better to have "normal" children.....and I'm not so sure that's eugenics. Sorry. I'm with Alex...it really does hinge on whether or not you're making some statement about the "good of the species" as a justification. Making a better person, a desired person. I do agree with you though, in a sense...that alot of our subconscious urges coincide or align with things like eugenics, racism (why wouldn't they?) - just...again, not sure that abortions based upon disability are or have to be one of those things.
-but, it's better to have "normal" children.....and I'm not so sure that's eugenics. Sorry. I'm with Alex...it really does hinge on whether or not you're making some statement about the "good of the species" as a justification. Making a better person, a desired person. I do agree with you though, in a sense...that alot of our subconscious urges coincide or align with things like eugenics, racism (why wouldn't they?) - just...again, not sure that abortions based upon disability are or have to be one of those things.
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