Via Genetics and Health, Many Clinics Use Genetic Diagnosis to Choose Sex (on NPR radio feed). Of course, the couple profiled are brown.
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Via Genetics and Health, Many Clinics Use Genetic Diagnosis to Choose Sex (on NPR radio feed). Of course, the couple profiled are brown.
PGD is all over the news these days. Besides gender selection, it's also being used to "deliberately select defective embryos."
http://www.slate.com/id/2149854/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061228-121824-2277r.htm
One person's defect is another person's desired trait. Whenever I feel tempted to permit society the power to dictate what is defective and what isn't, I consider how I'd like it if society suddenly didn't see things quite the way I do - and I quickly recall why I don't try to impose my own view onto others.