For many years prenatal genetic testing has become a common practice that doctors run on a fetus of a pregnant woman before the fetus is born. Is it acceptable for parents to test for non-medical genetic traits like hair color, skin color, intelligence and much more of an unborn child than health disabilities? There are a lot of decisions to make when it comes to having a baby and sometimes it could be very hard to decide when it comes to your unborn child. In the early stages of pregnancies doctors run different types of test to make sure if your child is healthy. Some results that come from genetic testing can be very devastating for parents and this leads them into making the hardest decision of their lives. Parents have the right to know their child’s genetic information, however; some parents decide …show more content…
Certain diseases are hard to handle once it’s determined in an unborn child. For example Down syndrome, Autism, sickle cell, and much more are some genetic diseases parents should focus on. It is ethical for the parents to focus on if the child could live a happy life if they happen to have a child with a disease and if they can afford it. The medical disability the fetus might have could be treated if it is not a serious health issue and determined soon enough when the prenatal genetic testing is done during pregnancy. When people only focus on the non-medical genetic variants such as intelligence or appearance of an unborn child, it is unfair to the unborn child because the sex, sexual orientation and appearance of the child do not predict what the child’s future is going be like when they grow up. Also, no matter what the sexual orientation or other personality traits the unborn child might have, it should be accepted just like any other child. These characteristics have nothing to do with genetic