In Our Own Image: Eugenics and the genetic modification of people by David
Galton, Little, Brown, £20, ISBN 0316855928
WHO are a child’s parents? Logically, this doesn’t seem a hard question to
answer. But take the following situation. A couple discovers that they’re
infertile and decides to hire both sperm and egg donors to create a test-tube
baby, then a surrogate mother to carry the baby to term. While waiting for the
birth, they divorce. This is exactly the situation a Californian court recently
faced in a battle over child support payments. The court ruled that the baby had
no…
