Genetic screening is not about health; it is about eliminating groups of people

Unwanted Children

When the war was over it became evident that more than a quarter of a million people with disabilities had vanished: 25% were children. People could not comprehend it. Why had no-one tried to stop this holocaust?

Today we rely on prenatal genetic screening to make our selections in private. However, the effect on society is the same.

Exposure and inclusion

In pre-Hitler Germany, community schools integrated children with a variety of learning and developmental problems long before it became standard policy in North America. The first school for deaf children was established in Leipzig in …read more