Glasgow’s Herald reports that the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority is considering regulation to allow pre-natal testing for cancers such as breast and colon cancer, including those cancers which don’t have full “penetrance.” (Meaning that, even if not everyone who has the gene will develop cancer, screening is allowed.)
I have to agree with a quote from this article,
“the move is a “slippery slope towards full-blown eugenics”.”
One strong consideration should be the issues we’ve heard in the last half century concerning diversity in the environment and the experience we have with limiting the local diversity of plants due to hybrids and genetically modified plants, as well as the use of pesticides and herbicides in agriculture.
If we can’t avoid unforseen consequences when we interfere with plants and insects, what makes anyone confident about culling the human genome?
(Beverly, a 30 year Organic Gardening reader)
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