
Bioethics: the lure of the perfect child
Bioethics: the lure of the perfect child
With a new “genetic age” on the horizon, future parents may seek to create a madeto-order “dream child”. This prospect leads to a thicket of thorny bioethical questions. Will genetics spawn new forms of eugenics? Will societal pressures exert a coercive force on procreative decisions and influence our conception of a life worth living?