2.09.2004
Sex selection: Yes please!
The Japan Times reports on a Kobe doctor who performed a restricted genetic diagnosis on in vitro fertilized ova for the purpose of sex selection--which I take it means letting the women decide whether to implant based on the results.
The procedure is apparently legal in the States, but not sure of further details. That is a little scary. The diagnosis is primarily intended to prevent incurable genetic disorders. I can definitely see the slippery slope effect here, particularly with the case in point, but it would seem logical that if the ova isn't implanted it shouldn't be required to do so. I'm sure I'm misunderstanding the procedure somehow.
Cerebral palsy activists in Japan oppose preimplantation diagnosis, the counterargument being that later diagnosis would likely lead to abortion anyway.
But actually, I just posted this because the picture is wierd. One wonders what the photographer and editor were thinking.
Having babies is getting too complicated anyway. I gotta get fixed. Why not make a donation to the "No puppies for Molly" fund?
The procedure is apparently legal in the States, but not sure of further details. That is a little scary. The diagnosis is primarily intended to prevent incurable genetic disorders. I can definitely see the slippery slope effect here, particularly with the case in point, but it would seem logical that if the ova isn't implanted it shouldn't be required to do so. I'm sure I'm misunderstanding the procedure somehow.
Cerebral palsy activists in Japan oppose preimplantation diagnosis, the counterargument being that later diagnosis would likely lead to abortion anyway.
But actually, I just posted this because the picture is wierd. One wonders what the photographer and editor were thinking.
Having babies is getting too complicated anyway. I gotta get fixed. Why not make a donation to the "No puppies for Molly" fund?
