BIO 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Genetic Testing, Fetus
1 Apr 2020
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Implications of prenatal diagnosis for the human right to life, leon r. kass. In this article kass explores the morality of aborting fetuses known through genetic testing to be defective. He condemns the practice, arguing that it could lead us to take a less sympathetic view toward people who are genetic abnormals and to embrace the insidious principle that. He is concerned that the allowance of genetic abortions puts the belief in the radical moral equality of all human beings at risk. (vaughn, 584). All human beings should be treated equally and by allowing genetic abortions, this is no longer true. People who support the idea of genetic abortions are supporting the idea that all humans are not equal. They are supporting the idea that those with genetic deficits can be considered less than human or unequal to others and therefore should not be given the right to live.
