This may be considered kind of controversial and is the reason im posting it here as i'd love to here some insights honestly. So to be honest what I’m about to say might come off as insensitive but just keep an open mind please and yes i know it may kind of seem like I’m speaking from a position of privilege, but I ask that you hear me out.
Their was this video i saw of a girl that was living with Sickle Cell Anemia (SS). She was in the middle of a crisis, crying in unbearable pain. The most tragic part was the realization that her suffering was entirely preventable, both of her parents knew they their genotype: AS and SS, yet they chose to marry and conceive anyway. Now, she is the one forced to bear the lifelong consequences of their decision, ive also seen a live scenario of a boy who was in crisis at a hospital, he was in so much pain, he had grown resistant to the drugs they usually gave him and he was shivering and shaking all through my visit there. I could not even begin to imagine what he was going through but to be honest it was real scary and it was a real pitiful condition. What was the excuse of the parents? The excuse was that they loved each other deeply....
I also saw a not so similar pattern but im gonna put it here, with this online couple that usually post on Facebook and tiktok, the husband is suffering from dwarfism and he has just one child and while his children will undoubtedly be raised in a home filled with love, we cannot ignore the reality that they will likely face the same physical challenges and social stigma their father, who is suffering from dwarfism in what we call a 3rd world country endured. I scroll on the tiktok comments and my heart breaks for them, the comments are not nice.
Love is a powerful foundation i agree, but it doesn't shield a child from the harsh realities of a world that isn't always kind to those who are different and as such i ask is it fair to knowingly pass these struggles down? And yes im all for a society that does not that does not stigmatize on people born different but i also acknowledge the fact that reality is not always so kind, it is harsh and i also believe that everyone has a right to procreate? but also we must remember that it is the child that suffers the consequences of your "right to procreate", not you...
So if you are reading this what do you think?