CEO of genetics firm says parents have a right to choose unborn child's traits — no battery travel scale
Picking Baby Traits: Power, Risk, and Travel The first time I overheard the conversation, I was standing in an airport restroom line, hands still damp from the sink, watching a toddler kick his sneakers against his mother’s suitcase. He laughed, all curls and open-mouthed joy. A couple to my left—early thirties with the tired eyes of red-eye veterans—were scrolling through a video of a lab. The woman whispered, “They can estimate eye color. Even risk for cholesterol. What would you pick?”