'When Is a Life Form Worthy of Life?'

Many worry that screening embryos pre-implantation, during fertility treatments, opens the door to gender selection and designer babies. But a German court on Tuesday decided to allow the practice. Commentators say the ruling throws up more questions about genetic selection than answers. The case before Germany's Federal Court of Justice was anything but straightforward. It dealt with the genetic tests performed on embryos produced via artificial insemination prior to implantation in a mothers womb. But at its core, it dealt with the very origins of life -- and with the question as to which embryos should be allowed to live, and which should not. Der Spiegel

Editor: I wish editors would get it together. Are we talking about the origins of human life or life forms? But at least the question is being asked, perhaps as honestly as it can be. Leave it to Germany to put the chill into it.