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Purdy - "Conception can sometimes be morally wrong on grounds of genetic information, although the judgment will not apply to those who accept the moral legitimacy of abortion and are willing to employ prenatal screening and selective abortion." Risk (there are risks to procreate and therefore it shouldn't always be permissible. Purdy ) - a. Because of environmental conditions or poverty b. Because you live in a civil war/ lack of social services c. Because of inherited diseases. Optimists (Optimists vs. pessimists with regards to Huntington's Disease. Purdy) - Only 50% chance to get the disease, in the meantime, you get 30 years of a healthy life. Some people, Rick Donahue for example, said to not mind the disease. Pessimists (Optimists vs. pessimists with regards to Huntington's Disease. Purdy) - Still 50% chance of getting the disease, you spend your youth in dread. The youth have a dilated sense of time so they don't picture themselves as elderly people