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Old 28-04-2005, 22:06   #26
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Re: Designer babies Lords give thumbs up

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Originally Posted by Matt D
No-one is playing with our genes.

This is about pre-implantation tissue-typing of IVF embryos, to select ones which can be a donor for the parents' existing child.

No messing with genes. No eugenics. Just parents who want to help save their kid's life.
all true

the only moral issue is the one of discarding the 'rejects', which is the same one that has existed since IVF treatments were introduced.

personally I have a problem with IVF - but I have a healthy son and presumably could have had more children, I concede I might feel entirely different, were that not so...
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