Silver Spoons and Golden Genes: Designing Inequality?
A recent web series sparked controversy with the headline that “Designer babies aren’t futuristic. They’re already here.” The online articles make the case that disparate access to frozen embryo screening for debilitating diseases—sickle cell anemia, Tay-Sachs, or cystic fibrosis—is “designing inequality into our genes.” The authors are right that reproductive technology isn’t open to everyone….
