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“Have it your way” isn’t just for fast-food burgers anymore. It’s also for babies

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Orchid, which screens embryos' DNA for hundreds of health conditions, includes autism, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, diabetes, and breast cancer.

Katrina Trinko : Once you do embryo-screening, you already have a human being.

She says we should reject the idea of imposing suffering on anyone, but should parents’ goal be to ensure their children suffer?.

Trinko : Embryo screening is also a bleak way of looking at our technological future.

All children, all embryos deserve love and a chance to grow up, regardless of their risks for irritable bowel syndrome or obesity, schizophrenia or cancer.

That shouldn’t be a radical statement, but in our bleak times, it apparently isn't an uncontroversial stance.

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