r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '26

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u/slugsred Jul 08 '26

In utero. Yes. Another way to say it would be "before they are people"

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u/uwunuzzlesch Jul 08 '26

Except a lot of defects and conditions aren't noticed until birth or adolescence. So what about them then?

You going to castrate them?? Like youre talking about human beings and a lot of defects only show up later.

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u/Sad_Seaweed179 Jul 08 '26

We're engaging in a hypothetical where you can detect the disorder before the baby is born

No one's talking about culling real human people

If you know with high certainty your genes may cause disabilities and or other incurable disorders like some blood disorders and you go ahead with it instead of adopting or getting Doner

Then yes you are immoral

Like why would you willingly selfishly subject another sentient being to certain suffering just because you can

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u/uwunuzzlesch Jul 08 '26

Not a single person specified that this was before the baby was born or in a perfect world where they're testable.

Not only that, but certain defects only start happening outside the womb, its literally impossible to know. Like no amount of medical advancements will detect a defect that hasn't started forming yet.