Priorities have gotten mad confused in this world.
I've known people with Down's Syndrome, most were pretty damn happy most of the time and with modern advances their long-term health continues to approach that of other people. On the other hand, really smart people are far more likely to be depressed than the average person. Geniuses are famously lonely. If we really don't want people to live "miserable lives", maybe we should start testing for likelihood of high IQ and murk all of dem in the womb as well?
The unintended consequences of all this shyt are crazy. There's always going to be "some" mentally disabled or downs syndrome people because not everyone does this testing, so the remaining ones are going to be that much more isolated and ostracized. All of the medical advances and services that help them to live fulfilling lives are going to be pulled back. Instead of people with disabilities being looked at as a rich part of society that helps breed compassion, patience, and understanding in others, they'll just be seen as an annoying nuisance that should have been culled from the population. And the number of stories of people whose disability has led them to better appreciate another aspect of human existence, or be able to do something else surprising that a normally abled person never would have....all those will be gone.
Amen to that. We'd all be better off in a world without Stevie Wonder, Stephen Hawking, Michael J. Fox, Ray Charles, Helen Keller, Chris Burke, Pablo Pineta, FDR, Greta Thunberg, and Beethoven.
on this.
