The deaf couple
I think the real issue with the deaf couple who were having IVF was that the deaf embryo's are automatically discarded. They are not given the chance to live at all. As in IVF several embryos are implanted at once to give the best chance of success, they were simply arguing that these embryos should be given the same chance as hearing embryos. But I did see the couple arguing their point on BBC Breakfast and they didn't get it across very well.
I agree that the deaf embryo's should be given a chance, and that in some ways, growing up hearing in a family of deaf (they have another child who is also deaf) could be pretty hard. So they're not arguing that they should be able to choose only deaf embryos, just that they shouldn't be discarded. As a deaf person you would presumably feel like this was tantamount to saying that you shouldn't have been given the chance to life.
(Moniker1, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:17, Reply)