Katie Hasson

The promise that these companies are making is that you'll be able to have a healthy baby. You can choose the best embryo, the one that is supposed to give your child the best start in life. They are screening for conditions like autism or tendency toward obesity. But for a lot of these conditions, there's not a clear understanding of genetics as a cause for that condition, right?

The promise that these companies are making is that you'll be able to have a healthy baby. You can choose the best embryo, the one that is supposed to give your child the best start in life. They are screening for conditions like autism or tendency toward obesity. But for a lot of these conditions, there's not a clear understanding of genetics as a cause for that condition, right?

The promise that these companies are making is that you'll be able to have a healthy baby. You can choose the best embryo, the one that is supposed to give your child the best start in life. They are screening for conditions like autism or tendency toward obesity. But for a lot of these conditions, there's not a clear understanding of genetics as a cause for that condition, right?

The relationship between variations in the genome and the symptoms or the conditions or the outcomes is complicated and not fully understood. So the promise that they could give you a specific percentage of how likely your future child would be to develop one of these conditions is something that raises a lot of skepticism.

The relationship between variations in the genome and the symptoms or the conditions or the outcomes is complicated and not fully understood. So the promise that they could give you a specific percentage of how likely your future child would be to develop one of these conditions is something that raises a lot of skepticism.

The relationship between variations in the genome and the symptoms or the conditions or the outcomes is complicated and not fully understood. So the promise that they could give you a specific percentage of how likely your future child would be to develop one of these conditions is something that raises a lot of skepticism.

One reason the U.S. hasn't limited this is that there's just not a regulatory mechanism in the U.S. We don't have the institutions that regulate the fertility industry and certain kinds of genetic tests.

One reason the U.S. hasn't limited this is that there's just not a regulatory mechanism in the U.S. We don't have the institutions that regulate the fertility industry and certain kinds of genetic tests.

One reason the U.S. hasn't limited this is that there's just not a regulatory mechanism in the U.S. We don't have the institutions that regulate the fertility industry and certain kinds of genetic tests.

They do. The UK has the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, and they license fertility clinics and researchers who work with embryos. And in the case of pre-implantation genetic testing, they actually have a list of conditions that you're allowed to test for. And in the US, we don't have anything like that.

They do. The UK has the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, and they license fertility clinics and researchers who work with embryos. And in the case of pre-implantation genetic testing, they actually have a list of conditions that you're allowed to test for. And in the US, we don't have anything like that.

They do. The UK has the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, and they license fertility clinics and researchers who work with embryos. And in the case of pre-implantation genetic testing, they actually have a list of conditions that you're allowed to test for. And in the US, we don't have anything like that.

Yeah, it's complicated. I think one reason is that the fertility industry has been allowed to develop as a sort of market-based system. And then I think another reason is the contentious abortion politics in the United States make many people reluctant to add additional regulations on decisions about reproduction and anything having to do with embryos.

Yeah, it's complicated. I think one reason is that the fertility industry has been allowed to develop as a sort of market-based system. And then I think another reason is the contentious abortion politics in the United States make many people reluctant to add additional regulations on decisions about reproduction and anything having to do with embryos.

Yeah, it's complicated. I think one reason is that the fertility industry has been allowed to develop as a sort of market-based system. And then I think another reason is the contentious abortion politics in the United States make many people reluctant to add additional regulations on decisions about reproduction and anything having to do with embryos.

I think I'd take a step back first from trying to say exactly what is the line and look a bit more at the context, particularly the context of ableism, stigma and fear around disability in our society makes it very difficult for a lot of people to answer that question. We have a very pervasive sort of cultural context belief that says that disabled lives are less valuable than others.

I think I'd take a step back first from trying to say exactly what is the line and look a bit more at the context, particularly the context of ableism, stigma and fear around disability in our society makes it very difficult for a lot of people to answer that question. We have a very pervasive sort of cultural context belief that says that disabled lives are less valuable than others.

I think I'd take a step back first from trying to say exactly what is the line and look a bit more at the context, particularly the context of ableism, stigma and fear around disability in our society makes it very difficult for a lot of people to answer that question. We have a very pervasive sort of cultural context belief that says that disabled lives are less valuable than others.

You know, we have the Secretary of Health and Human Services saying people with autism destroy families, will never have jobs, will never pay taxes, right?

You know, we have the Secretary of Health and Human Services saying people with autism destroy families, will never have jobs, will never pay taxes, right?