I cannot believe this episode is so under rated and derided. From the moment I saw this episode, one if the first I ever saw if the series, it made me hooked on how brilliantly StarTrek evokes how life is and could be in earth. Whenever I discuss the argument of anti abortion with people I make reference to this episode because if there was never any abortion we'd be living face to face on our planet. As well as also telling us how a future might be if all diseases were cured and we'd never die.
It is brilliantly logical actually and something which has stayed with me for decades and I've finally found which episode it is and about to watch it again now. Thank goodness.
Review of The Mark of Gideon
