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Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne
In all fairness, if we suggest that people stop having children to prevent the occurance of special needs children, that eliminates so many from ever having children, especially those who are carriers of diseases that are devastating, like muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, Huntington's Chorea, and several more, not to mention those with a history of cancers and heart diseases and diabetes, where it's more likely than not that their offspring will inherit those genes, many of which will make them 'special needs children'.
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Originally Posted by Nina
Sister
The preventable disease to which i referred was Fumarase Deficiency.
This is from Wiki:
Fumarase deficiency is extremely rare. Until roughly 18 years ago scientists knew of only thirteen cases worldwide . However, recently twenty additional cases have been documented in the Arizona/Utah border towns of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah[9] These two towns constitute a closed and controlled community, and were settled in the 1930s by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which is a breakaway sect now unaffiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As such, many of the surrounding communities refer to this disease as "Polygamist's Down's"[10]
Nina
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What Nina is referring to is what I meant, a lot of the problems these children have are directly tied to consanguinity.
And I do feel in general society as well, if there are known genetic or hereditary issues, people should think long and hard about reproducing.
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