Dr. Jeffrey Botkin is professor of pediatrics and adjunct professor of human genetics at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City. He previously served as chair of the Committee on Bioethics for the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, an organization of physicians, has issued reports and statements by its ethics committee on various beginning-of-life issues.

Read a Feb. 12, 2009, column in The Wall Street Journal about pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and the possibility of making “designer babies.”

Read an April 19, 2009, article from the The Washington Times about the increasing popularity of embryo adoption.

Read an article about the “Octomom” case from the May-June 2009 issue of The Hastings Center Report.

Read an article about the “Octomom” case from the May-June 2009 issue of The Hastings Center Report.

Read an article about the “Octomom” case from the May-June 2009 issue of The Hastings Center Report.

Read a June 2, 2009, Religion News Service story about a doctor who hopes to create an “embryo bank.”

Read a Jan. 7, 2010, London Times story in which a North Carolina doctor says he expects the demand for “designer babies” to grow dramatically.