How Would You Like Your Embryo, Fresh or On Ice?

As I was walking to the ice machine today at work I passed by one of the TV monitors which have CNN news constantly running. As I walked passed the monitor Dr. Sanjay Gupta was discussing a new study that just came out saying that IVF actually produces healthier babies than the good old fashioned way of making babies. Here's the video, and here's the Reuters press release.

But it got me to thinking. It reminds me a lot of the movie Gattaca, where making babies the way God intended is no longer acceptable. Embryos have to be "scrubbed" and cleaned in the laboratory before they are implanted in the woman so that the child has all the characteristics approved by the government. Laugh if you want, but this study is the first step in us moving to a Gattaca like world. We are already being told what kind of cars we are supposed to drive (SUV's are out, scooters are in) and what kind of light bulbs to install, why would they stop there. Its all a slippery slope and it seems to me we are getting closer and closer every day.



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