The advance of genetics continues apace, but will it be accompanied by advances in ethics?The advance of genetics continues apace, but will it be accompanied by advances in ethics? There is cause for skepticism. Fertility doctors at Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine is a private medical school located in Houston, Texas, USA on the grounds of the Texas Medical Center. It has been consistently rated the top medical school in Texas and among the best in the United States. have announced a new clinical study in which parents will be allowed to choose the sex of their children. Participation will be limited to couples who already have one child and seek to "balance" their families with a child of the opposite sex. It is easy enough to see how the wide-scale application of this technique, unfettered by eligibility criteria, could be harmful. Consider China, where the selective abortion Abortion, Selective Definition Selective abortion, also known as selective reduction, refers to choosing to abort a fetus, typically in a multi-fetal pregnancy, to decrease the health risks to the mother in carrying and giving birth to more than one or of unborn daughters has led to a socially destabilizing imbalance imbalance /im·bal·ance/ (im-bal´ans) 1. lack of balance, such as between two opposing muscles or between electrolytes in the body. 2. dysequilibrium (2). in the ratio of men to women. Consequentialist analysis does not, however, get to the heart of the problem with techniques such as that to be offered at Baylor: What we should really be worried about is the assumption that certain kinds of people are more deserving de·serv·ing adj. Worthy, as of reward, praise, or aid. n. Merit; worthiness. de·serv  ing·ly adv. of existence than others.
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