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CBHD: Hurtling Toward Eugenics… Again - C. Ben Mitchell Preimplantation genetic screening is the latest assault against a truly human future. According to a report in the 27 February Journal of the American Medical Association, a 30-year-old woman has chosen to use the technique because she carries the rare gene for early onset Alzheimer's disease. This particular variety of Alzheimer's reportedly affects adults by the time they are 40 years of age. The unidentified woman had a baby girl who is allegedly free from the Alzheimer's gene because she was selected from a number of embryos, some of whom presumably had the gene and were therefore destroyed. Prenatal Screening Prenatal genetic screening may be performed either before implantation or in utero. In preimplantation screening, embryos are tested for certain genetic conditions and either implanted or destroyed depending on the wishes of the prospective parents. In post-implantation screening, unborn children are tested in the womb to see if they are carrying deleterious genes and either carried to term or aborted. Previously, almost all prenatal genetic screening was used in connection with abortion decisions. Since there are so few genetic therapies, prospective parents are faced either with the knowledge that their child will carry a disease gene when he or she is born or may decide to terminate the pregnancy through abortion. Full Article: http://www.cbhd.org/resources/genetics/mitchell_2002-03-07.htm |
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