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The eugenic impulse to eliminate disease has lead us down many a dark path.

Has it? You're not being very clear.

Yes. Look up the “Declaration of Helsinki.”

> The Declaration of Helsinki (DoH, Finnish: Helsingin julistus, Swedish: Helsingforsdeklarationen) is a set of ethical principles regarding human experimentation developed for the medical community by the World Medical Association (WMA).[1] It is widely regarded as the cornerstone document on human research ethics.

~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Helsinki

That one?

You'll have to be more specific. I didn't read the whole article but it doesn't sound like any "dark path" to me.

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