I wonder this myself

True, that.

That is one part of a very large ethical debate...

that my *former* OB-GYN prodded people into aborting pregnancies that showed certain genetic testing results. I'm glad she's out-of-business

depends on what you mean by eugenics but I don't see it as veiled so much as walking a tightrope on individual choices about children.

I think it largely depends on the care provider … and in the US, the profit margin. I imagine there will be potential parents who will use

testing to "weed out undesirables," while others will use it to try to find therapies that could make the eventual baby's life better.

it does really depend on "what for"...like breast cancer genetic testing is definitely valuable

ooops...missed the "prenatal" part of that :/ sorry

Thegovernment genetic database will be used to cull genetically-desirable human specimens for the pre-meteor strike trip to Mars.

a genetic dead-end, anyway, so it's kind of academic for me.

when I hear the word "eugenics" it usually carries the connotation of group or societal coercion so it runs smack into whether parents

are pressured to avoid babies with certain 'defects' or diseases on one side and into the abortion debate on the other.

you have to be kidding! It's far too difficult and time consuming to be part of some socalled 'plot'- you must take a WORLD view.

possibly. It may be more "your kid may have expensive to treat syndrome X, we don't want to have to pay for that."

It wouldn't surprise me, but I don't think it's the government. I think it's the insurance industry not wanting to pay for expensive care.