test to detect genetic and chromosomal abnormalities in embryos ready for trial

[Sobe]

They told a news briefing at the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam today (Tuesday) that, as a result, they would be able to offer clinical trials to couples seeking fertility treatment later this year.

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[Susanna]

Ah, yes - we want only perfect babies to be born! Hitler would have loved this!

[Seravee]

Way i see it if your baby has genetic defects then there is a problem with you. If you don't want to raise the child God has given you, but instead want to change it so it fits your needs and requirements to make you life easier, then you should not even have kids. That disgust me. Next parents won't be arguing over names but who's nose and mouth he/she should have.

[Sobe]

Wow. Hitler card comes into play already...

Susanna, please explain what's wrong about wanting to make sure your child will be healthy? Do you oppose all medicine, or only that which can prevent suffering?

Seravee, your first sentence sounds like it's right out of a eugenicists biography. Something must be 'wrong with you' if your child has a problem? You sound like you're two steps from declaring that people shouldn't be allowed to breed if they don't measure up.

[Seravee]

Wow. Hitler card comes into play already...

Seravee, your first sentence sounds like it's right out of a eugenicists biography. Something must be 'wrong with you' if your child has a problem? You sound like you're two steps from declaring that people shouldn't be allowed to breed if they don't measure up.

[Rightwing Nutjob]

If you don't want to raise the child God has given you, but instead want to change it so it fits your needs and requirements to make you life easier, then you should not even have kids.

So why fix birth defects after birth? Is that disgusting?

In addition, being able to tell what's up genetically is invaluable information, so parents can prepare. Yes, of course, some unethical or immoral behavior may arise using this technology. It does with all kinds of technology -- and there's possibly a pro-life question with using "spare" embryos -- I dunno enough about what that means but I'm wary.

In the meantime, conceptually, there is nothing wrong and everything right with healing your children before they're born; and that's a potential result of this technology too.

[Seravee]

I didn't mean physically but mentally. Physical defects I can understand because that can affect a child's life.(i.e bullying)

[Rightwing Nutjob]

If a parent can fix any defect, genetically manipulating the child or physically repairing the child after birth, shouldn't he? What can be wrong with a parent improving his child's quality of life?

[Seravee]

If a parent can fix any defect, genetically manipulating the child or physically repairing the child after birth, shouldn't he? What can be wrong with a parent improving his child's quality of life?

But then you take way you child uniqueness in my opinion, and that can change them for the better or the worse. But then again a parent would want their child to live the best life possible. But then again altering there genes in a way does not make them your child in a sense.

Its seems wrong to one side of me but to another it makes sense. its confusing.

[Rightwing Nutjob]

A club foot or cleft palate or lip sucks to have, I'm sure. I believe both can be fixed easily. But the one side of your logic suggests they should keep these features and be unique. I know I wouldn't want to keep them, and I wouldn't my kid to have to deal with them.