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So who exactly decides what a 'desirable' trait is/isn't Disabled peoples lives matter just as much as anyones. Are you suggesting it's better if disabled people arent born/don't exist? We matter. We are not less.

Natasha Krywald-Tompkins BCAv

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It's incredibly ableist to think that disabled peoples lives should be considered any less and that those who are disabled or who carry certain genes shouldn't reproduce (whether this is forced or by choice) to prevent disabled children being born. Disabled people aren't bad.

Aella

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@natasha_krywald

Yeah, I agree. But the 'good' parts about this I'm thinking of mostly pop up at extremes - like, my mom has a genetic heart defect that killed two of her brothers, and she might just randomly die because of it. If I could erase that defect from existence I absolutely would.

9:18 PM · Apr 13, 2020

Natasha Krywald-Tompkins BCAv

@natasha_krywald

Apr 13, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

We will all die at some point. It's one absolute inevitability of human life, it ends for all of us. Does that mean people shouldn't be born? Of course not.

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But like... I'm not really treating 'potential life' in the same way. Like, you *not* giving birth right now is actively refusing to allow a person to live. But that seems like the wrong way to think about it.

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Natasha Krywald-Tompkins BCAv

@natasha_krywald

Apr 13, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

She could randomly die (as could anyone at any point) but she has lived. Would you rather she was not born at all? She clearly had children as she is your mum, and a quality of life, and achieved. We need to stop assuming there is a 'perfection' we need to achieve to have life.