David Goldstein is a professor of genetics and development at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and director of Columbia University’s Institute for Genomic Medicine in partnership with New York-Presbyterian in New York, N.Y. Goldstein has predicted there will be a growing demand for “designer babies.”

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.

June 30, 2013, in-depth Mashable article about the debate over teaching creationism and intelligent design in public schools with a focus on Louisiana.

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.