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Is it ever morally permissible to select for deafness in one’s child?

21 Sept 2019

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As reproductive genetic technologies advance, families have more options to choose what sort of child they want to have. Using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), for example, allows parents to evaluate several existing embryos before selecting which to implant via in vitro fertilization (IVF). One of the traits PGD can identify is genetic deafness, and hearing embryos are now preferentially selected around...

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PMID: 31542873
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-019-09922-6

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