The government that pretty much allowed sex-selection abortion says gene-editing embryos is illegal.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/health/china-gene-editing-babies-intl/index.html
What say you about the ethics of this new frontier? Never mind the problems...gene-editing can have unintended consequences...but just the ethics. If the gene-edit were for good, say to end the occurrence of certain birth defects, does that make it cool? And if that makes it cool, who decides the good is worth the risks?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/health/china-gene-editing-babies-intl/index.html
What say you about the ethics of this new frontier? Never mind the problems...gene-editing can have unintended consequences...but just the ethics. If the gene-edit were for good, say to end the occurrence of certain birth defects, does that make it cool? And if that makes it cool, who decides the good is worth the risks?
