I imagine that for some women at least infertility is a manifestation of a genetic fault. What then are the ethics of enabling a woman to potentially pass on this infertility to another generation? I do know a couple of women whose lives have been enhanced by the availability of IVF, yet i have still not heard any public debate about whether the resources spent on IVF might be better allocated elsewhere in the health and social care system. this is a very difficult and emotional debate but isnt the basic evolutionary principle that some genetic lines die out? What might we be storing up by enabling these gene lines to propagate?
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:57:02 +0000
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