Velvet Eugenics Has Already Walked Through the Doors. Possibilities of Editing Human Embryos and Fetuses
CRISPR could soon be used to edit the DNA of human embryos. With this intervention, the DNA changes are also passed on to the patient’s future biological descendants. By 2018, at least two children had been born as a result of germline editing with embryos that had been genetically modified in China. Prenatal editing involves editing the DNA of the fetus visible inside a pregnant woman’s uterus — without the intention of affecting future offspring.