Life begins at conception. Embryonic life, as well as all forms of life, must be valued. The criteria used to influence one’s personal decision regarding prenatal testing/ and or embryonic implantation must be influenced by one’s morals and the morals of society.

When considering the issues of genetic te

Characteristics such as chronic illnesses and disabilities do not resemble traits such as sex, sexual orientation, or race because the latter are not in themselves perceived as inimical to a rewarding life. Disability is thought to be just that, to be incompatible with life satisfaction (Asch, 524). For medicine and public health, disease and disability is the problem to solve, and so it appears natural to use prenatal testing and abortion as one of the means of minimizing the incidence of disability. Furthermore, it is sad to think that most of the problems associated with having a disability branch from discriminatory social arrangements that are changeable, just as women, gays, and lesbians have faced in the past. The perception that our society has of having the “perfect baby”, for example, with blonde hair and blue eyes, is undesirable and unhealthy. The misconceptions society has put on disabled people is very disturbing. First, that the life of a disabled person is forever disrupted and second, that if a disabled person experiences isolation, powerlessness, unemployment, poverty, or low social status, these are inevitable consequences of biological limitation (Asch 528).

Moreover, most people with conditions such as Down syndrome, spina bifida, and many other mobility and sensory impairments, perceive themselves as healthy, happy, and not sick individuals. I do not deny that disability can entail physical pain, psychic anguish, and social isolation-even if much of the psychological and social pain can be attributed to human cruelty rather than biological events. In order to imagine bringing a child with a disability into the world when abortion is possible, prospective parents must be able to imagine saying to a child, “I wanted you enough and believed in who you could be that I felt you could have a life you would appreciate even with the difficulties your disability causes.” (A. Asch) Another aspect I found very interesting is that parents of disabled children generally reject the idea of prenatal testing and abortion. These individuals have had to deal with what society views as “difficult and a burden” and have raised these children successfully. If all these disabled individuals are happy and living good lives then why should we take away the right to life of the unborn fetuses we decide to abort?

In conclusion, I believe that pre-natal genetic testing and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis from a moral point of view are wrong. I believe that everyone including unborn fetuses have the

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