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12/24/2007: "Some deaf parents want deaf kids"

DEAF parents should be allowed to screen their embryos so they can pick a deaf child over one that has all its senses intact, according to the chief executive of the Royal National Institute for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People (RNID).

Jackie Ballard, a former Liberal Democrat MP, says that although the vast majority of deaf parents would want a child who has normal hearing, a small minority of couples would prefer to create a child who is effectively disabled, to fit in better with the family lifestyle.

[ Children are like iPods: you own them until they break, and then you send them in to the psychologist for repair. Who gives a damn what makes them fulfilled. ]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article3087367.ece