Friday, September 24, 2010

'Savior sibling' raises a decade of life-and-death questions

Ten years ago a little girl from Colorado made medical history when her parents and her doctor at the University of Minnesota used genetic screening to create a baby that could save her life. Few questioned the Nashes' decision to use genetic testing so they could have a child without Fanconi anemia. The critics focused on their decision to use genetic screening to select a child for a trait that would benefit someone else. Star Tribune

Editor: They should be questioned for creating and then destroying embryos that are rejected. The article goes on to describe the state of the "art" since baby brother Adam was born:
One patient had four embryos implanted in her uterus because the testing for their genetic tissue typing failed. Her IVF doctors said they would test the fetuses and abort the ones that didn't match her sick child. None of the fetuses matched the sick child, and the parents decided to abort all four.

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