Fertility Institutes, a Los Angeles Clinic, as saying they will begin to offer exactly that service, allowing couples “a pre-selected choice of gender, eye color, hair color and complexion,” whether or not they were also screening for serious illness at the same time.

If the science is there, someone who views a child as a lifestyle accessory will pay someone willing to put money before scruples to choose the perfect embryo

This is ridiculous use of science - to satisfy the vanity of parents.

There are already about twice as many people on the planet as it can support without destroying the other species, the ecosystem, and ultimately ourselves. That’s the elephant in the room, and we ought to be talking about it.

If people COULD screen fertilized eggs for such characteristics as really good looks, blonde hair, blue eyes, thinness — they would.

It’s a strange new world indeed, and most of it portends very very bad things for humanity…