Nov 3, 2021
called a heterozygote a heterosexual in lab today, which was really inevitable. caught myself quickly and my lab partner didn't comment on it but I'll be thinking about that anyway
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called a heterozygote a heterosexual in lab today, which was really inevitable. caught myself quickly and my lab partner didn't comment on it but I'll be thinking about that anyway
The book on the history of genetics I'm reading (The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee) is now talking about eugenics (w/r/t the selective abortion of fetuses that test positive for genetic illnesses like Down syndrome/Klienfelter's etc) and. Terrifying! Like as pro- Roe vs Wade as I am, the knowledge that later on it was used to justify eugenics (not wanting a disabled baby vs not wanting a baby period) being a legal choice is. Yipes. The book was clear that that was historical revisionism but that's not super reassuring. The quote about children having the fundamental right to be born without atypical genetics is equally awful.
I desperately don't want a genetic test for autism because I'm worried that selective abortion would happen often, but I also desperately want a genetic test for hEDS to help stop being so confused at all the different diagnostic things I'm struggling with rn.
Anyway genetics as a whole field is rife with ethics concerns and I appreciate that it is so far one of the only fields to have actually held a conference to discuss them, but I think more ethical conferences are needed and they also need to be attended by people with genetic disabilities.
Genetics turn me on if you draw me a Punnett square I'll probably fuck you