Read It and Weep: Embryos Thrown Away for "Unattractiveness"

[pammalamma]

The LA Fertility Institutes run by Dr Jeff Steinberg, a pioneer of IVF in the 1970s, expects a trait-selected baby to be born next year

Comments

[la_veuve_chibi]

Shouldn't it be possible to select sperm and eggs for those traits? I think it would be fine to use that to prevent congenital diseases. And it's not a stretch to just make it misconduct to select cells based on sex, skin color, sexual orientation, things like that.

[pammalamma]

Well, technically, it should be possible in the future, but as of now, the only way to get the DNA out of a cell is to destroy the cell. Notice how they said that they take cells from the embryo to get the info?

[lavendersparkle]

It's a while since I read it, but in Brave New World I don't think they throw away unhealthy and ugly embryos. I think they create some embryos who will be less intelligent and less attractive to do the menial jobs in the society.

[bonny_katie]

Disgusting :(