The quality of the genes do not determine the quality of the person. They may decide the quality of the person's body, but that does not devalue the person.

Where do you draw the line? It's easy to throw away a child who is unlikely to survive the birthing process, but what if the baby doesn't have the right hair color? Or has the genes for color blindness, premature baldness, or alcoholism?

Who are you to decide to end a child's life? I'm not talking about health (as in, choose between the child and the mother), but you are not in the position to know how a child's life will pan out. My wife's cousin has Asperger's Syndrome, which makes for some interesting stories sometimes. But he's a very intelligent young man and he is a blessing to his parents.

To get a bit more personal, my dad was exposed to enough agent orange to make him sterile. I was either an accident or a miracle, depending on how much faith you have. ;) God blessed me by making me male, because AO severely hoses the 'X' chromasome--being XY means my 'X' chromosome came from my quite healthy mother.

If my parents had listened to the doctors who thought along the same lines you do, you would not be reading this message because I would not exist.

Nathan