Causing disabled people to exist and causing people to be disabled

Abstract

This article considers and challenges the objections against selecting against the disabled, particularly in the context of prenatal screening. The author argues that efforts to prevent disability do not constitute invidious discrimination since disabilities have substantial negative impacts on the lives of people. The main objections raised against selection focus on the discriminatory or expressive effects of selection but are difficult to sustain because the same objections entail the permissibility of causing disabilities in ways that are clearly morally impermissible. – AI-generated abstract.