The Ethics of Designer Babies

With the advance of medical and reproductive technologies, the thorny question has arisen, and is hotly debated, as to when, or even whether, it is ethically permissible for physicians to enable prospective parents to choose the sex of their bay. The New York Times this week ran a very interesting essay bhy Denise Grady, in which she discussed some of the etthical issues and the competing viewpoints in the discussion.