“Savior Siblings” Start Us Down Harrowing Ethical Path

“Savior Siblings” Start Us Down Harrowing Ethical Path » Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: Savior siblings are created specifically as objects, at least to some degree, because they were brought into being for a purely utilitarian purpose. That being so, why should the practice stop with creating savior siblings who are also wanted children? What will happen when, rather than wanting the child, the parents harvest the stem cells and then put the child up for adoption because their family is big enough already?