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Family Planning - Personal Choices
Family Planning: Personal Choices
In her essay, "Freeing Choices," Nancy Mairs discusses the personal choices in family planning, which significant advances in the field of medical technology and genetics are now likely to make possible. Prior to the advent of ultrasounds and amniocentesis, it was not possible for would-be-parents to learn the sex of their unborn child. Indeed, other than practicing family planning to prevent the creation of new life, families had little choice but to accept the new born, irrespective of the sex or their hopes for a son or daughter. Today, however, it is possible to use "amniocentesis to determine the sex of a fetus, followed by abortion if the parents don't want the sort they've begun." (Mairs, p. 435) Thus, modern technology and knowledge have...
It is this central fact that explains the reason why Mairs has titled her essay as "Freeing Choices."
Mairs builds a strong case for defending the rights of differently abled Americans, principally by inviting the reader to visualize several hypothetical situations entailing a decision to abort a new life. For instance, she conjectures a situation where many people might well consider abortion if they were told that their child would be born with a genetic defect, which causes visual impairment. Mairs technique in drawing these hypothetical situations is brilliant since she takes the trouble to first sympathize with the plight of such parents in being asked to make such a difficult choice. She achieves this through displaying a deep knowledge and understanding of the quality of life and problems that the parents of such disabled children are likely to face. However, in each instance, Mairs immediately follows through by pointing out the basic right of differently abled people to life: "But these are otherwise ideal children...going to become terrific adults. The problem is that if you eliminate one flaw, you throw out the whole complicated creature, and my world would be a poorer place without Michael and Megan." (Mairs, p. 437) Thus, by critically examining both the pros and cons of such decisions,…
Works Cited
Mairs, N. "Freeing Choices." Community of Readers. P.435-437.
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