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0 pointsinglor_cz2y ago0 comments

"in vitro/ex vivo methods of reproduction only entrench human alienation"

I absolutely disagree with your view. Infertility is a medical condition much like cataract or myocardial infarction.

In my view, it is profoundly unethical to deny unhealthy people efficient treatment of their disease for philosophical reasons. You are straying dangerously close to the "life unworthy of life" eugenics that is, fortunately, overcome. Trying to ban other people from procreating because your personal opinion on the necessary means is "phew, icky" (and for all the grand words in your comment, you basically say "phew, icky"), sounds like it is you who hasn't taken any lessons from the experience of the collective West.

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raffraffraff2y ago

There's a chasm between banning people from procreating and not going to extraordinary lengths to guarantee them their own biological offspring. That type of bate and switch is used for other medically and transactionally complex situations that future humans have to deal with.

inglor_czOP2y ago

People here (and not just here) are advocating for banning of various techniques outright, preemptively.

In absence of a ban, you can be almost sure that someone will go to the extraordinarily lengths to develop such techniques for human use.

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