Abstract
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) precedes the performance of assisted reproductive technologies when a couple is affected by a serious hereditary (genetic) disease and it is necessary to screen out embryos that carry certain abnormalities. However, the procedure may be applied in an unauthorized manner if parents-to-be intentionally create a child with the same particular defect (deafness, blindness, dwarfism, etc.) they suffer themselves. This practice is even more controversial than the concept of designer baby, consisting of the choice of sex and the phenotypical virtues of the future offspring. Procreative autonomy, including free and unconstrained decision to conceive and give birth to a child, doesn’t seemto justify such activities.
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