Designer Defects?

Annie

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The same horse in a different direction. I would NEVER wish a hearing problem on my child, bu† looks like some might:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/1222200...gner_defect_baby_regionalnews_andy_geller.htm


DOCS' DESIGNER DEFECT BABY

By ANDY GELLER

December 22, 2006 -- Would you intentionally give your baby a genetic defect? Click "Discussion Board" below the photo and tell us what you think.

If you have the right doctor and the right lab, you can have a baby with the right "designer disability."

That's right - you can create a baby with a birth defect.

For years, the medical world has been abuzz with talk of creating perfect designer babies through prenatal testing.

Now, some doctors are doing the opposite - making babies with made-to-order genetic defects, according to The Associated Press.

The procedure is an ethical minefield, but parents with disabilities like deafness or dwarfism say it just means making babies like themselves.

A recent Johns Hopkins survey of 137 American clinics that offer embryo screening found that four of them have done the procedure, which costs $15,000.

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