On the popular Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, an account called “Georgia Notes” (@格鲁吉亚小纸条) offers tips and advice to Chinese nationals planning a trip to the Republic of Georgia. In one post...
Can’t discard them as embryos, abort them as fetuses, or cast them out? Try hormone patches.
His remarks set both red and blue bloggers abuzz, with charges of "eugenics" and "designer babies" flying.
Mohler's stance is carefully consistent with his theological commitments. He opposes abortion. He calls pre-implantation genetic diagnosis "one of the greatest threats to human dignity in our times." He affirms "the basic sinfulness of all homosexual behavior," while simultaneously arguing emphatically that "all persons-whether identified as heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, transsexual, transgendered, bisexual, or whatever-are equally made in the image of God."
Unfortunately, Mohler's desire to "do something about" embryos identified as gay is not confined to religious conservatives. For a proposal from the liberal end of the political spectrum, see bioethicist Edgar Dahl's 2003 article in Human Reproduction, which argues that "parents should be permitted to use PGD to choose the sexual orientation of their children."