Daily Grind » genetics http://www.simond.net Wonderings, wanderings and waffle Tue, 25 May 2010 11:33:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Choosing Child’s Genetic Makeup http://www.simond.net/2008/03/13/choosing-childs-genetic-makeup/ http://www.simond.net/2008/03/13/choosing-childs-genetic-makeup/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:42:53 +0000 simon http://www.simond.net/2008/03/13/choosing-childs-genetic-makeup/ Continue reading →]]> Interesting interview on the radio yesterday (radio 4, not my choice) about a father that wanted the right to choose his child’s genetic makeup, so that it produced a deaf child. The father and his family are deaf, therefore they wanted a deaf child to be born. I think this is completely unethical and if I’d been doing the interview I’d have asked if a blind, Down’s Syndrome etc parent should also have a similar choice? The father was going on about how deafness is not a disability, rather than actually answering the ethical aspects of his absurd “choice”.

How far will genetic choice go? Will parents be going into Children Supermarkets to pick and choose, to fit in with their needs?

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