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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by eloisius on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:30PM (#15041217)
If it was "repaired" with CRISPR, would the person that is ng12 exist, or would some other child belonging to ng12's parents exist?

Are we not a product of our experiences, or do you really think every zygote is endowed with some kind or unique soul?

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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by WillPostForFood on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:49PM (#15041355)
Replace "unique soul" with "unique set of genetic attributes."
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