Although I would not like it at all, I can see how a country might possibly try to justify eliminating genes for something like albinoism. I believe this would be extremely difficult, but — theoretically — once you get rid of anyone with that genetic marker, you would never see albinoism again.
Downs, on the other hand, isn’t like that, I believe Downs is caused by chromosome damage and cannot ever be “removed” from a gene pool. It is an inherent risk.
So Iceland is a country which just wants to cull the unwanted from society. An unending process. An ever-expanding goal. Slippery slope indeed.
Beat me to the punch. I’ve taken flak for this but the only way to stop the horrible suffering for genetic disorders is to stop them at the source - just not via abortion. It’s a hard choice but the science is firm on it. You’re basically stopping people from building with blueprints that are screwed up; stop them all and there are no more screwed up blueprints to worry about.
But Downs is a different animal. ANYONE can potentially have a Downie. You cannot stop it like you can albinoism or any number of other genetic issues that can be traced and isolated.