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SecularMotion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:00 PM Original message |
Three-person IVF 'may prevent inherited disease' |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Huh; interesting! (nt) |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wouldn't it make more sense for people with rare genetic disorders not to reproduce? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That's the theory underlying eugenics. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not exactly the same thing. Couples already voluntarily decide against having kids when they know... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. We've also seen the results of genetic manipulations leading to unforeseen problems. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The only problem with that statement |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It depends on one's definition of "DNA manipulation" |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You would think so. It might be the compassionate thing to counsel them out of the notion, but... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. That's what my parents decided |
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bergie321 (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. Whole new meaning to the book |
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