Eugenia negativa e positiva: significados e contradições

Curar ou criar pessoas: caminhos reprodutivos distintos ou similares?

“…If, on the one hand, it would be relevant to avoid or treat genetic diseases with a view to quality of life, on the other hand, human nature itself is being questioned. Not so much in relation to the ideal profile of being a physically and mentally perfect human, through the actions of negative or positive eugenics 3 The idea of "creating an individual" in a nontraditional form involving three people generated conflicts among the participants, even though they considered the birth of a healthy baby to be wonderful. Without knowing exactly how or what right was being violated, this technological innovation gave rise to the feeling that something conflicts with the notion of what is correct.…”

“…We believe, as reality shows us, that the economic process is part of any modernization, and, as such, will be an exclusionary element for a large part of the population to the "products" of this new market, which is already a reality 25 . This context, so clearly described and shared by the participants of our research, explains, for example, the frequency of terms such as "injustice" in relation to those who do not have the same possibilities, and "indignation", because those who have access to assisted reproduction would be more likely to have a "normal" or "perfect" child through genetic manipulation: When faced with this indignation, the concept of eugenics is reaffirmed as a concern for the health and constitution of future generations, and the fact that all use of scientific means and knowledge so that a child is born physically and mentally healthy, or perfect, is eugenic action 3,14 . Thus, the data reveal eugenic desires and concerns that appeared in the discourses, although they were often not understood as such in the midst of the debate on several issues that seem distinct, but in fact comprise the same phenomenon of the reproduction of human life.…”

“…Such a practice would guarantee the perpetuation of more talented beings, improving the hereditary characteristics of the population through the transformation of external influences 1 . Some studies 2,3 have highlighted different meanings and contradictions of eugenics since the last century, in relation to measures of positive and negative measures from this century and positive and negative eugenics in the 21 st century.…”

“…Undoubtedly, these facts refer to everyday cases involving eugenics practices understood as those aimed at the birth of physically and mentally healthy children 3 . Historically, eugenics concerns and practices have encompassed aspects of heredity and the environment that could interfere with birth conditions.…”

História da eugenia e ensino de genética

“…Termos como fecundação in vitro, clonagem humana, engenharia genética, vacinas de DNA, terapia gênica e sequenciamento genético passaram a fazer parte do dia-a-dia das pessoas. 40 Contudo, uma característica associada a toda esta nova tecnologia molecular, e que passa despercebida, é a promessa de melhoramento da raça humana a partir de terapias gênicas e prevenção e controle de doenças.…”