Bioethics

Dov Fox on the question of “designer babies”

Bill of Health blogger Dov Fox was quoted in the recent article “Genetic-testing patent raises concerns about ‘designer babies’.” “‘Some people might say this is in some respects similar to dating websites to the extent you look for traits in somebody you want to have children with,’ said Dov Fox, a law professor at the…

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Bill of Health blogger Dov Fox was quoted in the recent article “Genetic-testing patent raises concerns about ‘designer babies’.”

“‘Some people might say this is in some respects similar to dating websites to the extent you look for traits in somebody you want to have children with,’ said Dov Fox, a law professor at the University of San Diego. But the important question, he said, is whether the accuracy from the genetic testing, albeit imperfect, makes 23andMe’s service more troubling.”

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  • Dov Fox

    Dov is a Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Health Law Policy & Bioethics at the University of San Diego School of Law. He has published and lectured widely on legal topics in torts, criminal justice, anti-discrimination law, reproductive rights, neuroscience, and bioethics.