What do you know. Dr. Steinberg has changed his mind:
“Though well intended, we remain sensitive to public perception and feel that any benefit the diagnostic studies may offer are far outweighed by the apparent negative societal impacts involved.”
In other words, he’s nixing the project, not because designing babies is objectively wrong, but because public opinion hasn’t caught up with the latest technological advances. If opinion were to swing in his favor, I’m afraid he’d be all to willing to set up shop.
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