[georgewfraser]

Your story is amazing thanks for sharing. Hypothetically, if spina bifida could be detected by pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, meaning that an embryo that was destined to be a person with spina bifida could simply not be implanted, would you also oppose pre implantation genetic diagnosis?

[escapologybb]

That is a pretty wild hypothesis, but I would have to say that when we are at the point of editing genes to get rid of debilitating diseases then sign me up.

I am very happy the way I am right now, but given the choice then of course I would choose to be able-bodied. It would be asinine for me to think otherwise.

So yes, if we could get to the point where we are editing the genes of something in a test tube could not survive outside of that test tube that then might potentially go on to be a human then it is incumbent upon us to make sure they are healthy as much as we can.

If that makes any sense!

[georgewfraser]

The scenario I was describing is a little different: suppose we could detect spina bifida in an embryo before implantation. We could simply opt not to implant the embryo; it’s not the same as abortion, but it does prevent a person with spina bifida from existing. Is that bad in your way of thinking?