Filed under: General message!
Yesterday evening there was a discussion over the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill that is currently going through Parliament, which would make it illegal for parents who are going through embryo screening to choose an embryo with an abnormality if healthy embryos exist. There are some deaf parents who want to choose to have deaf child as they feel they would fit into their family better. If we allow some to choose, where will it stop?
Personally, I think it is absurd that people could ‘choose’ their child let alone decide that their child will be disabled.
Disability is not just something that affects you day-to-day physically, where some people simply adapt and have no problems but psychologically there can be so many implications and for me, i cant think how parents would want to decide that their child will have these issues.
