Sex Selection Coming to America

by Wesley J. Smith

Will Saletan, with whom I often disagree but whose journalism and pondering in the area of biotechnology is top notch, has an article out in Slate about how sex selection is coming to America. From his column: Two days ago, economists Douglas Almond and Lena Edlund published an article in . . . . Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2008

The New Eugenics: Sex Testing of 6-Week Embryos

by Wesley J. Smith

The new eugenics forges ahead with a new “home” test soon to be available to determine an embryo’s gender at 6 weeks development. (Ultrasound permits gender identification at about 20 weeks.) Why the need to know the sex—this isn’t about disease—so early? I can . . . . Continue Reading »

4 May 2007