| The purpose of the tests? Eugenics...
A case can be made for eliminating babies who will not have healthy lives. They may be miserable if allowed to be born and grow to adulthood. Or maybe they wouldn't be miserable, but would appreciate their lives anyway.
The problem with testing is that parents can choose to abort babies who don't have the specific desired characteristics the parents demand. Like blue eyes, or blond hair, or a powerful physique...
Is genetic variablity in the breeding pool a worthy concept? Mother Nature thinks so...
"Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams |