Katie Hasson

Parents will feel that it's even more essential to use these tests. They have that responsibility to make sure that their child is born a certain way. I think that's one bit of it. Another implication that we talk about has to do with inequality.

Parents will feel that it's even more essential to use these tests. They have that responsibility to make sure that their child is born a certain way. I think that's one bit of it. Another implication that we talk about has to do with inequality.

The fact that these tests at the moment are only available to people with the means to afford both IVF and the additional costs of this pre-implantation genetic screening.

The fact that these tests at the moment are only available to people with the means to afford both IVF and the additional costs of this pre-implantation genetic screening.

The fact that these tests at the moment are only available to people with the means to afford both IVF and the additional costs of this pre-implantation genetic screening.

And often the way that that concern is phrased is that, well, only the wealthy will have access to these tests and therefore they'll be able to enhance their children and will end up with a society of, you know, enhanced and not enhanced. But I don't think the wealthy people will end up with the superior children, right?

And often the way that that concern is phrased is that, well, only the wealthy will have access to these tests and therefore they'll be able to enhance their children and will end up with a society of, you know, enhanced and not enhanced. But I don't think the wealthy people will end up with the superior children, right?

And often the way that that concern is phrased is that, well, only the wealthy will have access to these tests and therefore they'll be able to enhance their children and will end up with a society of, you know, enhanced and not enhanced. But I don't think the wealthy people will end up with the superior children, right?

I think the concern is more that we will double down on this belief in genetic determinism, that our genes determine everything about our chances and our outcomes in life. And all of the privileges that we already know that people with wealth and status in the U.S.

I think the concern is more that we will double down on this belief in genetic determinism, that our genes determine everything about our chances and our outcomes in life. And all of the privileges that we already know that people with wealth and status in the U.S.

I think the concern is more that we will double down on this belief in genetic determinism, that our genes determine everything about our chances and our outcomes in life. And all of the privileges that we already know that people with wealth and status in the U.S.

have, the way that they affect their children's success, will be reinterpreted as coming from the genes and not from the hierarchies and not from the resources that they're able to put into it. They will put this money into having children. what the company tells them and what they believe are optimized and superior children. And they will treat their children that way.

have, the way that they affect their children's success, will be reinterpreted as coming from the genes and not from the hierarchies and not from the resources that they're able to put into it. They will put this money into having children. what the company tells them and what they believe are optimized and superior children. And they will treat their children that way.

have, the way that they affect their children's success, will be reinterpreted as coming from the genes and not from the hierarchies and not from the resources that they're able to put into it. They will put this money into having children. what the company tells them and what they believe are optimized and superior children. And they will treat their children that way.

And so will their, you know, coaches and their teachers and their tutors and their future employers. And it will, you know, justify and reinforce the inequalities that we already have, but by understanding them as being biological, which then undermines any arguments for making social changes in order to improve equality in the world.

And so will their, you know, coaches and their teachers and their tutors and their future employers. And it will, you know, justify and reinforce the inequalities that we already have, but by understanding them as being biological, which then undermines any arguments for making social changes in order to improve equality in the world.

And so will their, you know, coaches and their teachers and their tutors and their future employers. And it will, you know, justify and reinforce the inequalities that we already have, but by understanding them as being biological, which then undermines any arguments for making social changes in order to improve equality in the world.