MatureDJ
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It’s Illegal in Most of the World. In America, New Parents Are Embracing It—for Better or Worse.
Little girls are better than little boys, some parents have decided—and they're acting on it.
It's OVER for SonCels. Perhaps parents realize that the chance that a son reproduces is much lower than for a daughter?When I think about having a child that’s a boy, it’s almost a repulsion, like, Oh my God, no.
— Grace, 31
A mother will kill her short-male embryo.Polygenic embryo selection can currently increase your child's quality-adjusted life expectancy by 1-4 years, decrease their risk of various chronic diseases by 10-60%, increase their IQ by 2-8 points, increase height by up to 2.25 inches, and moderately improve other traits. The exact gain you can expect to get for each of these traits varies depending on the genetic correlation between the traits, the number of embryos you have to choose from, and the strength of the predictor used to select embryos, as well as simple luck.
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