‘Is it ethically acceptable for this couple to choose to implant a ‘deaf’ embryo?’

In my ,opinion I agree with the law which states that an embryo

that is

created through IVF shouldn’

t

be implanted if they are identified as having any gene, chromosomal or mitochondrial abnormality. Linking it to the above case study, embryos recognised as having hearing abnormality shouldn’

t

be implanted. Who decides what a "serious" physical or mental disability is? There are some things on which we could probably all agree. If the fetus won'

t

be able to survive to birth, that would probably count as would a disability that would cause the baby a great deal of pain and

then

probable death within the

first

year of life.

However

, once we get into other sorts of issues,

this

decision may not be so easy for 100% of prospective parents and government officials to agree on. I do agree with some of the views and the opinions of the deaf parents that even deaf

people

have their culture and identity and I strongly agree

upon

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the fact that the deaf

are

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equal to the listeners.

Although

the argument that

this

promotes deaf

people

as being less valuable than hearing

people

is strong, I don'

t

believe parents should have the right to choose to give a child a feature

which

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could potentially set them back when there are other options available. By selecting the type of qualities, we want in the embryo we are supporting the idea of designer babies, except selecting babies with certain eye

colour

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, we are selecting certain

disability

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. One should always aim for the least harm possible. By applying

this

principle in the situation, the best course of action would be to, if possible, prevent the child from being deaf.

This

is because being deaf would cause a lot of

inconvince

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inconvenience

to the child. But that doesn’

t

mean that the deaf

are

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less valuable than those who are not. To conclude,

this

argument is a difficult one because on one

hand

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I think, If I was deaf I would not want to be destroyed just because I was deaf. it could be said that

this

in itself is discrimination against deaf

people

. But

then

on

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the other hand, would one knowingly bringing a deaf person into

this

world be ethically right, to that I would answer no because it would put them at a disadvantage to other children.

However

, would deaf

people

argue that they aren'

t

at a disadvantage, but

then

again would they know the true answer as they don'

t

know what it's like to be fully hearing

.

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If I was to have a solution to

this

, I would say that screening an embryo shouldn'

t

happen,

this

erases the thought of choosing a baby and it’s just a situation of ' you get what you get'