Order your designer baby today!
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Once, babies were considered gifts from God. Then we invented in vitro fertilization and took God out of the equation.
Now that babies are commodities, it stands to reason that we should be able to custom-order them. And finally, we can, thanks to Fertility Institutes of Los Angeles, California.
This clinic allows prospective parents to choose cosmetic traits in their offspring, such as hair color and eye color. Before today, baby trends included stroller brands and popular first names. Now baby trends can include baby blues!
Can we go any further on the path to making human life a commodity rather than a sacred gift? I'm asking seriously, not rhetorically. Leave an answer in the comments.
Order your designer baby today!
2009-02-16T09:42:00-06:00
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