faith is very powerful... and no, i dont think you get to decide. i think you put your sperm in there, and hope that the brown eyes show up. you or i dont decide which genes get passed down. if we did, then you woudl take the gene without the heart condition and throw it away adn have kids, right?
- have you thought of that?
Yep. Still not worth it.
I imagine a scenario, where my genetic child finds out that I knew everything I knew about my illness, it's inheritability, the high risk of death in adolescence, the restrictions it places on those who manage to survive to adulthood, and conceived them anyway. I knew that they had a high likelihood of suffering as I have suffered, and inflicted it upon them anyway.
I can't claim ignorance, as my parents do. They had no idea what was in their genes, no one did, 22 years ago.
We've left the topic I want to discuss though, which is responsibility.
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