(GENETIC SCREENING)

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), is a newer technology that has brought a great deal of conflict along with it. PGD involves the artificial fertilization of the embryo, take an egg from the mother and a sperm from the father and combine them in a test tube. "The embryo's are allowed to develop to a 6 to 10 cell stage, at which point one of the embryonic cells is removed from each embryo and the cellular DNA is analyzed for chromosomal abnormalities or genetic mutations" (Botkin, 1998). Once this is done, it can be determined which embryo's will most likely survive and germinate in the uterus, these they implant into the mother. Although it has many positive qualities, there are just as many negative ones. Lately this has been the subject of many debates. Obviously there is no right or wrong answer.

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