I have a LOT of issues with genetic engineering, and this article points
out some of the more obvious ethical issues.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7899821/

Now, I can sort of see the benign use of genetics in possibly avoid a
disability if it would enhance the chances of a healthy child but even
there we're treading a slippery slope.  What is 'healthy' and what's not? 
In my own case, I'm very healthy for a middle-aged woman in a wheelchair -
i.e., my hypertension is controlled with medication, I eat sensibly, am at
a good weight for my height and age, I keep busy, and I try to live a
healthy lifestyle.  But other people see me as 'sick' just because I'm in a
wheelchair, and I might have never been born if my mum  had had the choice
if she'd known I'd have CP - that is NOT to say she'd have chosen not to
have me, just that I'm sure society would've encouraged her to make that
choice.

But what scares me even more is the thought that this is the Nazi "Aryan
race' all over again -- and we would lose creative people who are so
important for innovation just because something told the parents the child
would be 'different.' Are we going towards the world of '1984' and 'A Brave
New World?'

Just some things to ponder on this warm last day of May. ;)

Kat

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