Made-to-Order Babies


	Made-to-Order Babies
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7ec50b4a-9e4b-45d7-88cc-2997706f6b63/20F7937B-EC06-4FB5-BC0F-84DCB47905B9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1" href="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1" style="font-size: 11px;">parenting.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1">Fertility Institutes, a Los Angeles Clinic, as saying they will begin to offer exactly that service, allowing couples “a pre-selected choice of gender, eye color, hair color and complexion,” whether or not they were also screening for serious illness at the same time.   </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32441" href="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32441" style="font-size: 11px;">parenting.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32441">If the science is there, someone who views a child as a lifestyle accessory will pay someone willing to put money before scruples to choose the perfect embryo</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32459" href="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32459" style="font-size: 11px;">parenting.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32459">This is ridiculous use of science - to satisfy the vanity of parents.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32447" href="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32447" style="font-size: 11px;">parenting.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32447">There are already about twice as many people on the planet as it can support without destroying the other species, the ecosystem, and ultimately ourselves.  That’s the elephant in the room, and we ought to be talking about it.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32469" href="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32469" style="font-size: 11px;">parenting.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32469">If people COULD screen fertilized eggs for such characteristics as really good looks, blonde hair, blue eyes, thinness — they would.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/made-to-order-babies/?apage=1#comment-32469">It’s a strange new world indeed, and most of it portends very very bad things for humanity…</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/20F7937B-EC06-4FB5-BC0F-84DCB47905B9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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