Running head: DEAF PEOPLE SHOULD NOT USE SPERM DONOR WHO IS LIKELY TO GIVE THEM A DEAF CHILD

Deaf People Should Not Use Sperm Donor
Who Is Likely to Give Them a Deaf Child

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Nowadays the topic ‘to design’ or ‘not to design’ a deaf child turns the debate over designer babies, providing various specialists, such as genetics counsellors, ethicists, scientists and others with a dilemma. Some stated that it is immoral to prohibit people creating a deaf child, but others are sure that it is a right step and it will help to change contemporary situation in better side. I agree with the last group of people and think that Deaf People should not use sperm donor who is likely to give them a Deaf child.
The are two different categories of deaf people, one are ordinary people with hearing disabilities, while others are unusual people, who identify themselves as ‘Deaf’ with a capital ‘D’. Both groups are people with hearing disabilities, but their attitude to this question is quite different. The last consider that their Deaf status is a kind of their special culture, their special world and people should to respect their wishes, but society is observing this issue from different side and is disagree to allow the appearance of deaf children by their parents’ wishes.
Debating this topic it is important to think about true nature of things and remember the beginning of our life on the planet. Centuries ago people were mostly healthy and were strong, they were able to struggle for their lives and natural selection regulated the situation without many difficulties; it is not genetically right to have disabilities and various genes mutations were caused by special conditions. According to Lieberman, Volding & Winnick (2004), it is wrong to choose the future of unborn baby only thinking