Special deliveries: Are designer babies arriving? [With video]
By Mike Celizic,
The TODAY Show
| 03. 03. 2009
[Quotes CGS's Marcy Darnovsky]
Imagine ordering a baby like dinner: “We’ll take the boy in the Greek-god model, but can you make him 6-foot-4 instead of 6 feet? And gimme the green eyes instead of the blue; ash-blond hair — a little curly, but not too much; olive complexion; 140 IQ; heavy on the fast-twitch muscles.”
Sound like science fiction? Maybe not: The news that a California fertility clinic is offering prospective parents the opportunity to improve the odds of having children with preselected hair, skin and eye color has renewed the debate over “designer babies.” (Story continues below video.)
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