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So the question is : How far can we go in genetic selection?

The Genetic selection procedures are done either on fetuses, or on embryos that are outside a woman’s body, by Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).

At his creation, the PGD was developed only to allow couples at risk of passing a serious genetic disease to have children not affected by it, with in vitro fertilization procedure. It has been most widely used to prevent the birth of children with conditions such as Down's syndrome or cystic fibrosis for example.

However, Nowadays

The PGD is increasingly being used for other reasons. It's especially possible to choose the sex of your baby with the PGD. It's also possible to create “saviour siblings” who can provide transplant tissues to older siblings who suffer a genetic disease.

Some fertilization clinics have even offered the technique for purely cosmetic traits including eye color, hair color, and skin color; where specialized doctors, for very costly fees help you choose the perfect child.

So if you want the right gender (if you want a girl or a boy), if you want somebody with the right physical traits (blue eyes, blond hair), you can go to special fertilization clinics.

There is immoral side to that, because that's not natural to have a baby like that. Moreover, we don't know the possible health consequences because it's not 100% reliable, It only increase the chance of having the baby you want.

So in the future

I think he PGD will lead to a standardized society where everybody is genetically and physically identical. This possibility is currently science fiction but certainly not for all time.

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