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I genuinely wonder where the line is between curing defects and eugenics. It seems razor thin how it can swing easiy into dark territory.
Yeah this is scary. Down syndrome is definitely in the gray area too where it can be viewed negatively but plenty of people have it and lead fulfilling lives. Wipe cystic fibrosis out of a fetus and all but the most staunch biological purists would agree it was a good thing. Make your fetus white, blonde, and blue eyed and it's obviously eugenics. I don't know how I feel about this.
Completely apart from the ethics, I think this technology is really cool though.
There are a lot of reports and interviews with ppl who have down syndrome that are not happy at all with their situation. Ie. Unable to have a driving licence, go to university, huge disadvantage on the dating market… the list goes on. I’m not saying they can’t have fulfilling moments but we also shouldn’t kid ourselves and look at down syndrome with rosy eyes. If it could be cured everyone would do it instantly.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_model_of_disability
Notice how everything you listed is a result of society's treatment of them and not necessarily their learning disability itself?
Cognitive impairment isn't a social construct.
Doesn't stop you.
I'm not looking at it with "rosy eyes", I'm just explaining that to me it's not nearly as cut and dry as something like cystic fibrosis.