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Does Reproductive Technology Concern You?

Daniel

Is anyone else concerned scientists are going to continue eugenics to more than babies who will be born with Down syndrome?

Bioethicists are debating whether any disabled person has the right to be born. Personally, I find it insulting scientists think disabled people's rights are something to argue about. It should be immediately "No" to the claim disabled people are not entitled to equal rights. Some of them are even saying our lives have no worth that we shouldn't be allowed to be in this world.

I've seen clinical websites saying reproductive technology is a "Great Hope" for preventing autistic people and people diagnosed ADHD coming into the world. There's already significant evidence medical science has become a field of discrimination and hatred and is no longer about health or healing. So many medical scientists have already become neo-*** designing genocide programmes against disabled people. 

These bioethicists and medical "professionals" claiming we have no place in this world, and that we do not deserve to be protected from discrimination has made me write a book to prove we are not the problem, but their attitude towards us and the economy is the problem.

Does anyone know how I can publicly debate the eugenicists? Genome reading, giving everyone a 'Genetic Identity' opens a whole new realm of cultural prejudice and discrimination.

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  • Those interested in a career in Genomic Medicine would find the below resource of interest.

    https://bsgm.org.uk/careers/ 

    Those who are not sure which college or university course might best suit them within this arena; might wish to obtain greater insight into the current "hot topics" within the field of Genomic Medicine via the Lancet Series of articles and peer reviewed papers on the subject:

    https://www.thelancet.com/series/genomic-medicine 

    Those interested in better understanding how the UK Human Fertilization & Embryology Authority regulates both human fertility clinics and research projects involving human embryos (an overview / signposting to the legislation and laws applied) may find this resource helpful and as the organisation highlights "

    Regulation is important because it ensures that the work carried out is to a certain standard; that only qualified people can do it; and that research on embryos is only done where there is a real need and in a way that’s ethical.":

    https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-regulate/ 

    Within UK regulated assisted reproductive technology (ART), perhaps more commonly referenced by the public as "IVF", there are three important distinctions made in the area of potential genetic screening around human fertility and a prospective baby's outcomes:

    1) Pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A)

    Mostly intended to try and help prevent a miscarriage of a hoped for baby.

    2) Pre-implantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M)

    Mostly intended to help parents choose what to do if their prospective baby might have a condition which is a serious inherited disease (usually those diseases which would mean the life of the prospective baby would involve considerable medical intervention and more likely be accompanied by a life-limiting or restricted life expectancy prognosis).

    3) Pre-implantation genetic testing for polygenic disease (PGT-P)

    "PGT-P involves simultaneously identifying the presence of many gene variants to show whether a person has a higher genetic risk compared with others for developing certain diseases."

    N.B. PGT-P is UNLAWFUL for use in the UK as it does not meet the criteria for genetic testing and is currently not backed by evidence from scientific studies.

    Emotional Support:

    Human fertility (and the issues surrounding both natural and assisted fertility) is for many people / couples a highly emotive and very personal subject.  A range of guidance and emotional support services are accessible to people - as this UK webpage highlights:

    https://www.hfea.gov.uk/treatments/explore-all-treatments/getting-emotional-support/  

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  • Those interested in a career in Genomic Medicine would find the below resource of interest.

    https://bsgm.org.uk/careers/ 

    Those who are not sure which college or university course might best suit them within this arena; might wish to obtain greater insight into the current "hot topics" within the field of Genomic Medicine via the Lancet Series of articles and peer reviewed papers on the subject:

    https://www.thelancet.com/series/genomic-medicine 

    Those interested in better understanding how the UK Human Fertilization & Embryology Authority regulates both human fertility clinics and research projects involving human embryos (an overview / signposting to the legislation and laws applied) may find this resource helpful and as the organisation highlights "

    Regulation is important because it ensures that the work carried out is to a certain standard; that only qualified people can do it; and that research on embryos is only done where there is a real need and in a way that’s ethical.":

    https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-regulate/ 

    Within UK regulated assisted reproductive technology (ART), perhaps more commonly referenced by the public as "IVF", there are three important distinctions made in the area of potential genetic screening around human fertility and a prospective baby's outcomes:

    1) Pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A)

    Mostly intended to try and help prevent a miscarriage of a hoped for baby.

    2) Pre-implantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M)

    Mostly intended to help parents choose what to do if their prospective baby might have a condition which is a serious inherited disease (usually those diseases which would mean the life of the prospective baby would involve considerable medical intervention and more likely be accompanied by a life-limiting or restricted life expectancy prognosis).

    3) Pre-implantation genetic testing for polygenic disease (PGT-P)

    "PGT-P involves simultaneously identifying the presence of many gene variants to show whether a person has a higher genetic risk compared with others for developing certain diseases."

    N.B. PGT-P is UNLAWFUL for use in the UK as it does not meet the criteria for genetic testing and is currently not backed by evidence from scientific studies.

    Emotional Support:

    Human fertility (and the issues surrounding both natural and assisted fertility) is for many people / couples a highly emotive and very personal subject.  A range of guidance and emotional support services are accessible to people - as this UK webpage highlights:

    https://www.hfea.gov.uk/treatments/explore-all-treatments/getting-emotional-support/  

Children