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Post by misty on Jul 28, 2009 20:36:08 GMT -5
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Post by jj on Aug 1, 2009 1:15:42 GMT -5
That was interesting, thanks Misty. I can understand why he isn't thrilled with the notion people could abort a child if they can test to see if the child is autistic. It does say, in a way, autistic people aren't wanted. I'm a little confused on how I feel about it. I know I'm totally against abortion but if they can isolate the gene then that debunks a lot of theories on other things causing autism, like vaccines.
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Post by charliegirl on Aug 1, 2009 8:34:44 GMT -5
I can understand his concern but on the other hand, isolating the gene could result in medical advances which would enable us to treat autism in the womb or even after birth to lessen the symptoms. His case might have made life very uncomfortable for him growing up but think of the many people who have full blown autism and will never function in society. If they can be helped to have a happier, more productive life we really should do that.
I do think about the implications of further research and the abortion issue bothers me. I don't believe in abortion so that is a concern but I don't see how we can justify not doing all we can to help anyone who has to live with something which can be very debilitating.
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Post by jj on Aug 4, 2009 23:01:46 GMT -5
I know there is a lot of good, down the road, that can come from this.
The more we know about anything the better.
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