Abstract
In 1997, a science fiction film titled Gattaca premiered in U.S. theaters, depicting a society sometime in the not-so-distant future in which people are crafted for and judged by the quality of their genetic material. Unhealthy genetic predispositions to conditions such as heart disease and mood disorders are neatly avoided through the careful selection and manipulation of embryos well before pregnancy. I have taken the liberty of eradicating any potentially prejudicial conditions, explains a genetic counselor to a couple onscreen. Premature baldness, myopia, alcoholism and addictive susceptibility, propensity for violence, obesity, etcetera. Those born without the benefit of such interventions become the dregs of society?weaker, sicker, and never quite as successful.
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