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The New Eugenics: The Case Against Genetically Modified Humans

By Marcy Darnovsky

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At the cusp of dot-com frenzy and the biotech century, a group of influential _scientists and pundits has begun zealously promoting a new bio-engineered utopia. In the world of their visionary fervor, parents will strive to afford the latest genetic ”improvements” for their children. According to the advocates of this human future (or, as some term it, ”post-human” future), the exercise of consumer preferences for offspring options will be the prelude to a grand achievement: the technological control of human evolution.

Marcy Darnovsky works with the Exploratory Initiative on the New Human Genetic Technologies, and teaches courses in the politics of science, technology, and the environment in the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University, California.