A prominent Oxford professor is claiming that creating “designer babies” by screening embryos for personality flaws is a moral obligation because it insures that “ethically better children” will be born and make them less likely to “harm themselves and others.”
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Vatican Congress Will Explore Genetics and Eugenics
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Vatican announced today that it plans to host an academic conference to explore the ethical, legal and social implications of new discoveries in genetics, and how some of these processes might be used to practice eugenics.
