Doug Pensinger wrote: > >> It also raises the question of what rights do unborn children have. >> Are you o.k. with parents aborting children that will have a >> tendency towards homosexuality? Or of only selecting embryos for >> implantation that have blond hair or above-average intelligence? >> Or what about only selecting embryos that have below-average >> intelligence? > > We're talking a major expense, John, so the number of procedures is > likely to be limited to either wealthy people or people that are > desperate for a child of a certain sex (not because we favor one sex > over the other but because they have trouble conceiving one or the > other) or want to avoid a child with a debilitating birth defect > that they may be prone to. > It's not as expensive _now_ as the cost of raising a child. So, increasingly more people will do this - to the point that it becomes so cheap that everybody will do it.
> I think another thing that you'll find among most people is that > most of them are proud of their own genetics. However silly it is, > I get a lump in my throat when I match my hand with that of my > grown son and it's almost an exact match. > Which means that stupid people will chose a genetic setup that makes their children stupid too :-P Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
