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The ‘pronatalists’ trying to engineer a baby boom

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Ethical Dilemmas in Selecting Embryos Based on Genetic Testing and Parenting Styles

The chapter delves into a couple's process of selecting embryos based on genetic testing for health outcomes and factors like IQ and future income. It explores their unconventional parenting style and the clash with societal norms, discussing incidents of controversial corporal punishment and the broader implications for population decline, highlighting the limitations of purely data-driven approaches in parenting.

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