Sunday, June 29, 2008

Designer Babies

When I read Brave New World decades ago I wonder if these things could be. And then I read the news today. A woman who was able to conceive in natural ways used in-vitro fertilization in order to screen out a cancer gene from her off spring. Eleven embryos were created and any with the cancer gene were destroyed. The new eugenics. Soon children will be chosen and discarded on the basis of their hair colour. Embryos are simply "products of conception" and are chosen and discarded on the basis of their potential flaws or characteristics. Children offered to Molech.

2 comments:

Irene said...

ugh!

Scott V said...

Designer Clothes, Luxury Cars, Gucci Purses and now Designer Babies? I came across this article on a Texas Fertility clinic planning to design babies by matching sperm and egg donors to meet criteria for babies demanded by customers, all in the name of profit.

Designer Babies in Texas