{"id":10180,"date":"2019-09-21T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10180"},"modified":"2023-01-22T14:47:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T22:47:38","slug":"is-it-ever-morally-permissible-to-select-for-deafness-in-ones-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10180","title":{"rendered":"Is it ever morally permissible to select for deafness in one\u2019s child?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jacqueline Mae Wallis<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"159\" height=\"230\" src=\"http:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/medicine-health-philosophy.jpg\" alt=\"Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy\" class=\"wp-image-10181\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br> As reproductive genetic technologies advance, families have more options to choose what sort of child they want to have. Using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), for example, allows parents to evaluate several existing embryos before selecting which to implant via in vitro fertilization (IVF). One of the traits PGD can identify is genetic deafness, and hearing embryos are now preferentially selected around the globe using this method. Importantly, some Deaf families desire a deaf child, and PGD\u2013IVF is also an option for them. Selection for genetic deafness, however, encounters widespread disapproval in the hearing community, including mainstream philosophy and bioethics. In this paper I apply Elizabeth Barnes\u2019 value-neutral model of disability as mere-difference to the case of selecting for deafness. I draw on evidence from Deaf Studies and Disability Studies to build an understanding of deafness, the Deaf community, and the circumstances relevant to reproductive choices that may obtain for some Deaf families. Selection for deafness, with deafness understood as mere-difference and valued for its cultural identity, need not necessitate impermissible moral harms. I thus advocate that it is sometimes morally permissible to select for deafness in one\u2019s child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Wallis, J.M. <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs11019-019-09922-6\">Is it ever morally permissible to select for deafness in one\u2019s child?.<\/a> Med Health Care and Philos 23, 3\u201315 (2020). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11019-019-09922-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacqueline Mae Wallis Abstract As reproductive genetic technologies advance, families have more options to choose what sort of child they want to have. Using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), for example, allows parents to evaluate several existing embryos before selecting which to implant via in vitro fertilization (IVF). 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