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It took me a moment to work out what was going on in footnotes 3 and 4, so let me check I understand (though it's far from central to the points actually at issue): you already had Child 1 (with a terrible genetic disease) and were planning Child 2 and intending to avoid having another child with a terrible genetic disease by embryo testing and termination of pregnancies?
(Reading the above, I find that it sounds unsympathetic and maybe even condemnatory. It's not meant to, and I'm not suggesting any moral fault on your part.)
Yes. Child 1 is 5 years old and lives with Krabbe disease, Child 2 is 3 and as far as anyone can tell is healthy.
I find your writing matter-of-factly. I know lots of people who find this idea repulsive and they never hold their tongues. OTOH I live in a highly religious country.