Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoIs it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareIs it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life?Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoIf your decision to abort is because the fetus will be a redhead, that’s “planned breeding”, not “eugenics”. The sine qua non of eugenics is a state mandate.
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·14 days agoSemantics. Also sounds like eugenics with exrra steps, the state cant mandate but it can provide incentives. Ie is china paying certain races for having children and not other races “planned breeding” or “subtle eugenics”?
If your decision to abort is because the fetus will be a redhead, that’s “planned breeding”, not “eugenics”.
The sine qua non of eugenics is a state mandate.
Semantics. Also sounds like eugenics with exrra steps, the state cant mandate but it can provide incentives. Ie is china paying certain races for having children and not other races “planned breeding” or “subtle eugenics”?