DESIGNER BABIES?

A fertility doctor says that he can help parents choose a lot more than the baby's gender. Hattie Kauffman reports on the controversy surrounding designer babies.


  1. PGD was created to screen for _____________________.
  2. It was then used for ___________________.
  3. By next year eye-colour will have been determined with an 80% _____________.
  4. Dr Jeffrey Steinberg is a pioneer in ___________________.
  5. Kirsten and Matt Landon used Dr Steinbers’s clinic to select ______________.
  6. Most people support PGD when it comes to ___________________ serious diseases.
  7. Dr Steinberg is in favour of using technology for _____________________.
  8. Dr Caplan thinks we will be able to choose certain characteristics just because we will have a(n) _____________________ for them.
  9. Dr Caplan disagrees with the idea that a doctor has the obligation to offer his patients the possibility to choose if the technology is ______________________.
  10. Dr. Caplan wonders if everything is ____________________ at the fertility clinic.
  11. Dr. Caplan thinks we should not be offered genetic choices without some __________.
  12. The extent to which we design our babies will be one of the _______________ in the next ten-fifteen years.

KEY
  1. DISEASE
  2. GENDER SELECTION
  3. ACCURACY RATE
  4. IN-VITRO FERTILISATION
  5. THE SEX OF THEIR DAUGHTER
  6. ELIMINATING
  7. COSMETIC REASONS
  8. TASTE / PREFERENCE
  9. AVAILABLE
  10. FOR SALE / A CASH BUSINESS
  11. COUNSELLING
  12. BIGGEST ISSUES
Activity created by Cristina Díaz.

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