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vxbush5/17/2009 8:56:11 am PDT

re: #544 Desert Dog

Yes Doctor, we’d like a blond haired, blue eyed, disease resistant, above average intelligence, with a physique geared towards sports please…

Growing practice of embyro eugenics

Don’t I recall hearing when this procedure was first developed that they said we would never do genetic testing on the embryos except for the most awful of diseases?

I can appreciate the desire to want to avoid your child having to deal with horrible illness, but most people don’t get that option. And I don’t like the idea that someone’s life isn’t worth living because they have a particular genetic code.