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US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (16 children)

The thing with IVF is that it's already incredibly weirdly eugenicist.

Like, read some of the parameters they'd screen you for if you wanted to donate sperm. You get bonus points for having a PhD? I'm sorry? You're looking for a better-educated sperm?

And when you apply for IVF and choose a donor you get their education and job. "I want my cum to be a pilot!" The fuck.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago

Lamarckian eugenics!

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