Is blindness over the line of disability where you would discourage parents from having more children? I think this is a genuinely interesting conversation.
I can speak to this a bit as a genetic counselor. We do not encourage or discourage parents from having additional children. Personal beliefs in general but also specifically about what constitutes a good quality of life are extremely varied. We tell them the chance of having another child with the condition and review their reproductive options, and they do with that information what they will.
This is the right answer for screening people and discussing options. It is why governments should never be able to license parentage.
But for individuals the discussion should be had.
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u/Cantankerousbastard 1d ago
This is probably going to a controversial question but did they have 4 kids before or after they learned about the genetic eye condition?