” “Pre-implantation diagnosis often "is not aimed at treating but at eliminating diseased embryos". The alarm came from the experts that have gathered over these days in the Vatican for the International Conference about "Human embryo at pre-implantation". Even such widespread antenatal screening techniques as amniocentesis can be used either in a "right" or in a "wrong" way: "We have to stop asking noticed, in this respect, Marie-Odile Rethore, member of the National Medical Institute "Jerome Lejeune" research to be neutral and that its applications only be qualified as good or bad". For instance, in Paris, 1 child out of 4 suffering from trisomy-21 is abandoned at birth; not to mention the invasiveness of the diagnostic techniques, with amniocentesis being responsible for a high rate of induced abortions. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is used before resorting to in vitro fertilisation, and in many cases highlighted the expert "it is offered as a selection technique so one can select the embryos whose lives match the basic requirements to fit in with our society", where disabled people are not welcome. The "search for perfection" in the unborn child is therefore what drives the parents’ expectations, which, with pre-implantation diagnosis, causes embryos to be eliminated "based on some genetic features".” “
