Read a great article on Singularity Hub regarding genetic screening and choice. Should you be able to choose the sex of your baby? Or the skin/eye colour? Maybe IQ?
The phrase is designer babies, but if you've ever watched any TV programs on the pushy parents who turn their children into hothouse geniuses (or not) you'll quickly realize that this has nothing to do with genetics, it's to do with choice. Humanity has been managing its own genetics for a long time. Now it can be done before conception. Good or bad thing?
To choose to have a healthy child, free of disease, intelligent, possibly attractive, is desirable.
Then the arguments begin, Hitler is mentioned, cosmetic babies, only for the rich etc...........
My comments are logged as 'lackofgravitas' of course.
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