On a similar case, the doctors in the field of vitro fertilization face the same ethical issues in the article Embryo Selection May Help Prevent Some Inherited Disorders, by Steven Steinberg. In the article, doctors are using vitro fertilization, the method of embryo fertilization where the egg and sperm fertilize outside the natural environment (the womb) and instead in a lab dish, where doctors can pick and single out mutated embryos with genetic disorders. The Dr. Avner Hershlag is faced with critics claiming the technology in vitro fertilization could be abused by ‘tailor[ing] babies into parents’ desires’. The doctor responds, “Like any sophisticated technique, reproductive technology can be abused. There are ethical issues … the most
