Eugenics and Transhumanism in the Modern Age: The Pursuit of Biological “Perfection” at What Cost?

The pursuit of biological “perfection”, or transhumanism, has captured the human imagination for ages. Modern eugenics has a similar underlying philosophy as its predecessor, manifesting itself differently through prenatal and genetic screening with the aim to abort a child with adverse conditions, sex-selective abortions, in-vitro selection, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), aborting extra embryos via “selective reduction,” three-parent embryo technologies, genetic engineering, and gene editing. Transhumanism claims to have as its goal the transformation of the human condition, but at what cost given its commonalities with eugenics? Join FRC to explore the benefits and consequences of transhumanism to individuals, the health care community, and the family.

Arina O. Grossu, M.A. is the Director of the Center for Human Dignity at Family Research Council, where she focuses on sanctity of human life issues, ranging from conception to natural death. Her areas of expertise include abortion, women's health, bioethics, pornography, sex trafficking, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.

Ms. Grossu is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She received her M.A. in Theology, magna cum laude, from the Dominican House of Studies. She is currently pursuing a certification in Health Care Ethics through the National Catholic Bioethics Center. She is on the board of the National Pro-Life Religious Council, a current Leonine Fellow of the Catholic Information Center, and past president of Notre Dame Right to Life. She is an alumna of the Vita Institute at the University of Notre Dame, which educates current and emerging national and international pro-life leaders.

Ms. Grossu has been interviewed on CNN, ABC, Fox News, EWTN, and CBN. Her articles and commentary have appeared in USA Today, LA Times, National Review, Bloomberg, Townhall, The Federalist, The Daily Caller, The Washington Times, Washington Examiner, National Catholic Register, Christian Post and others. She has presented lectures at the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, the Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity at Trinity International University, University of Notre Dame, and Regent University Law School's Center for Global Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law.

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