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This Woman Will Decide Which Babies Are Born (www.wired.com)
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[โ€“] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

People already do similar thing when they decide to not have babies with some bad conditions. The bar is lower now, that's all.

[โ€“] ricdeh@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Voluntarily preventing the birth of children that would suffer from horrible disorders due to genetic defects is not a "bar" that is "lower now", it is the most ethical thing to do.