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But what does bodily autonomy mean when this will almost certainly be primarily used in utero? Should I be able to use CRISPR to keep my baby from being born with Downs?
Should I be able to use it to make my baby less prone to other diseases? Make them taller?
Change their race? Add interesting modifications that I think would be cool, like an extra set of arms or gills or something?
What does bodily autonomy mean for a fetus?
Abortions are also in utero. And it's not the choice of the child to be born either. Or a lot of the choices guardians make in stead of their children. Legally and ethically this shouldn't be something you can stop them from choosing, even if I'm personally against such modifications for the reasons you're probably thinking of too. If you say "we should stop gene modifications to prevent the loss of gene diversity risking great public health concern for our population", that is also eugenics.
Yes, absolutely yes. Downs children are wonderful, there's one in my family, but I can say without hesitation that both he and his parents would have used a treatment like this if it was available. He's 30 now and he himself would choose to do it if it was available.
Doesn't matter.