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throw7 ◴[] No.43998840[source]
Gattaca here we come!
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Joel_Mckay ◴[] No.44001430[source]
Fertility care often already included testing for common genetic disorders, and parents with a history of severe disease would often make the hard choice to try again. Due to recent Theocratic political shifts, it means more families will face the worst possible life for their children.

Gattaca was a film years ahead of its time, and raises the question of what happens when people try to "fix" human beings beyond disease prevention. A subtle, but important ethical difference. =3

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1. goda90 ◴[] No.44008142[source]
I'd say Gattaca touches on how easy it is to edge a little over the line of what is a "disease". For example this scene touches on "prejudicial conditions" like baldness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCN5QG8Jtwg