Saturday, August 20, 2005

Killing does not treat the killed

The Scotsman reports that embryo screening is being allowed in the case of families who have a history of retinoblastoma.

This is a horrible disease, but since when is it ethical and humane to kill in order to "cure" a disease?

Of course, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis is not treatment or therapy -- the embryos which carry the disease are killed.

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