Advantages and Disadvantages of Embryonic Screening


	Embryonic Screening
	Advantages Cost the NHS (and tax payers) less money in the long run that can be spent elsewhere It can help stop people suffering There are multiple laws ensure embryonic screening is kept safe, at the moment you can't even select the sex of your baby	Disadvantages The initial process is very expensive Each embryo is a viable life, no matter what Each embryo is unique, eliminating one with 'defective genes' implies that they are undesirable It might come to a stage where everyone wants to screen their babies to choose the more 'desirable' one
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Cost the NHS (and tax payers) less money in the long run that can be spent elsewhere
It can help stop people suffering
There are multiple laws ensure embryonic screening is kept safe, at the moment you can't even select the sex of your baby

The initial process is very expensive
Each embryo is a viable life, no matter what
Each embryo is unique, eliminating one with 'defective genes' implies that they are undesirable
It might come to a stage where everyone wants to screen their babies to choose the more 'desirable' one

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