Mandatory? Whenever the government mandates something like this, it’s not a good thing. Mandatory genetic testing of the unborn in a nation where abortion is legal IS eugenics.
Destroying embryos because one doesn’t like their genetic outlook is always eugenics and is indeed already underway in the U.S., as the steady decline in trisomy births indicates; the state mandating it is state-sponsored eugenics, and really just the logical consequence of state-managed health care.
Actually, with some conditions, prenatal testing can be the basis for prenatal treatment, and greatly improve the outcomes for someone born with a genetic disease, by normalizing the course of development before birth. There’s not much of this happening yet, but it’s likely to become widespread within the next 10 years.
The notion that preimplantation genetic diagnosis could become mandatory is simply preposterous. This would require outlawing sex, and that just ain’t gonna fly.
You hit the nail on the head. As much as the current economic situation worries me, our descent into moral darkness truly horrifies me. I would bet my last dollar that if such genetic testing becomes mandatory, it will eventually result in only “Perfect” children, the rest will be aborted. Parents who have genetic flaws will not be allowed to procreate. I believe all children are a unique creation of an Almighty God. They are a Blessing from God, that parents are entrusted to Love, nurture and protect. It seems the number of people who believe this gets smaller every day. How completely sad.-—JM