I was listening to the radio the other day on my way home from work when I heard this clip from Breakpoint (link takes you to the transcript). My first thought when I heard the term eugenics was not Nazi's, but the movement that took place in Vermont led by Perkins at UVM. Author Jodi Picoult wrote a novel that "[delved] into a very ugly chapter of American history and one that is probably not well known: Vermont's eugenics project of the 1920s and 30."
This Peds doctor now wants to do something similar--screen embryos for "inferior genes."
What disturbed me most was the thought that someone other than the parents of a child would decide whether or not that life was worth keeping. I have a feeling that a child with Down's or another detectable disability would be, as this article put it, "weeded out" because of "inferior genes." What if a women decided that she did not want her embryos screened? Would she be sued by the State if her child was born with medical defects? What if her embryos were screened and found to have anomalies and she chose to not destroy it? Would that child be denied services that it might need to survive in this crazy world? So many unanswered questions. Either way, it is not something I agree with. How about you?
Interesting post. I agree with you that there a lot of unanswered questions and serious gray areas that could lead to some very bad decisions. Who's to say that a child with a disability or disease has less right to live than a person without? How many people have been inspired by those who struggle with physical limitations? It's messing with the natural order of humanity, and that's not our place.
ReplyDeleteHere's my post on the story:
http://delvrme.blogspot.com/2011/03/eugenics-in-america.html?showComment=1301176940046#c8347386925382065288
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