Eugenic drift
September 24th, 2007Another step down the slippery slope of embryo screening
Slate’s William Saletan discovers the reports we noted the other day about the British couple screening embryos to eliminate the possibility of a child with early onset Alzheimer’s. His take on the March of Progress:
1) So, now we’re snuffing embryos that would live normally to 49.
2) And we’re snuffing embryos that might never get the disease.
3) You’re promising us an imminent Alzheimer’s cure from stem cells—but you’re tossing embryos on the theory that they’re doomed to Alzheimer’s 50 years from now?
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