Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
Learning from the past 6
Looking to the present 8
2 Eugenics in its historical context 11
The history of eugenics in Germany 12
The history of eugenics in the UK 15
The history of eugenics in the USA 20
3 A Christian enquiry into the new eugenics 23
Creation and the image of God 26
Procreation, love and unconditional acceptance 44
The new eugenics and the equality of all 80
Other arguments relevant to the new eugenics 101
4 Presentation of different eugenic procedures 125
Reproductive eugenics through the selection of partners 125
Reproductive eugenics through selecting to have many, few or no children 128
Eugenics through selective adoption 129
Eugenics through sex selection 132
Eugenics through egg and sperm selection 134
Eugenics through prenatal genetic selection 139
Eugenics and embryonic selection 143
Eugenic selection through human cloning 148
Eugenic selection through infanticide 152
Eugenics through genome and germline modifications 156
5 Conclusion 177
God's creation of the child 180
Unconditional acceptance in procreation 181
The immeasurable worth and value of all individuals created in the same image of God 183
The ethics of the new eugenics 185
Risks of discrimination 187
The value and worth of life versus the quality of life 192
Further reading 198
Glossary 200
General index 208
Index of Scripture references 212