I think that Genetic Screening for health is a good idea. If we have the technology to find out how healthy our baby is going to be, why not do it. But I think that the embryo should only be aborted if they are seriously ill and would most likely not make it through the woman's pregnancy, or die after birth. I think that if you discover that your child is going to be born with down-syndrome or another mental retardation, that it is wrong to abort the embryo. The child can still live a healthy life with proper medical care and attention. When the female body drops an egg every month the body determines whether it is healthy or not anyway, and when the egg is fertilized, it will choose if it is healthy enough to implant and grow. If you can screen the embryo before the baby starts to form, and just "double check" the bodies work, I don't think there is anything wrong with that. I believe when people say that genetic screening is trying to produce a higher race, it's ridiculous. People are trying to determine whether or not their baby is going to grow up healthy, and not miserable.
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