Thursday, March 5, 2009

Genetic Testing

This subject is a little tough for me. I think that if it were me having a child and being able to determine if that child has a disease, I would of course want to know, but if it came down to me having to chose to keep that embryo or destroy it, I think I would choose to destroy it. On the other hand, I also feel like destroying an embryo because that child has a disease is wrong. It would also be awesome to pick and chose an eye color for my child, but again, I think the "old fashion" way of having children is the best way to go. I don't have any children, but I do plan on having children, it just seems that the all natural way is the best way, just my opinion! What do you guys think?
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  1. lwink2meMarch 5, 2009 at 8:45 PM

    I agree. The natural and old fashioned way is the way I would go. I think messing with science can have detrimental consequences. It seems unneccesary to deviate from a way of life that has had a natural order for millions of years.

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  2. Glassman25March 6, 2009 at 5:51 AM

    I agree 100% as well! The old fashion way is the way that it was intended to go so why mess with it!? The more we try and tamper with the whole process, the bigger the risk of tragedy.

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  3. Rebecca O'BrienMarch 8, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    Thanks for sharing your true thoughts! I like the way you termed it "old fashioned" because it shows how our generation is changing from all other generations. We call it old fashioned, but the previous generation calls it natural. Techology is changing the way we view the world whether we like it or not!:)

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  4. Mrs. Plog DuarteMarch 8, 2009 at 9:42 PM

    I agree with you. It was easy to think for a second how much easier it would be if we could pick the gender and characteristics of our children, but I think that the moral cost would be too great. I also have a hard time with the thought of aborting babies because they have a disease... I guess I just wonder where the line would be drawn... would people start aborting fetuses because they have diseases that are not life threatening like down syndrome? This disease may which may affect the quality of life of the child, but not actually be life threatening.

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