Genetic Counseling For millions of years, the fate of humans has been in the hands of gods, but now I fear we are powerful and smart enough to change everything through science. But the real question is, just because we can, should we? The first genetic counseling clinic was established in 1940, and though technology has not yet been advanced as today, we worked our way up to more accurate predictions (“Genetic counseling services,” 2018). Genetic counseling is when parents are told what diseases or birth defects their child will or could have but what they can do with this information is in the hands of the parents. Although people think this major advancement in science could change the world, it will not be beneficial in any way to human …show more content…
Another example proving that there are many inaccurate tests comes from Carmen Martinez’s story. She was told that her child will have a birth defect so she went against her religious beliefs and aborted her child, she was later on told that the testing was inaccurate and her child was perfectly fine (“Parents Sue Doctor over ‘Wrongful Abortion,” 2018). In conclusion, genetic counseling has advanced through the years, but at what cost? We lose children everyday through discrimination, inaccurate results, and even if the results are accurate, there are sometimes no cures or treatments. We cannot take genetic counseling since it does more harm than good as tests are 40% inaccurate and patients see as little as one option when seeing their child having a disease, which is abortion. If you are going to take genetic counseling, be sure you are responsible enough to make a smart decision afterwards and make sure your options does not include abortion. For humans are not meant to decide our fates