{"id":2443396,"date":"2025-06-05T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgusting-new-company-charging-5999-to-advise-which-humans-should-live-and-which-should-die\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:37:23","slug":"disgusting-new-company-charging-5999-to-advise-which-humans-should-live-and-which-should-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgusting-new-company-charging-5999-to-advise-which-humans-should-live-and-which-should-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgusting: New Company Charging $5,999 to Advise Which Humans Should Live and Which Should Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisgusting-new-company-charging-5999-to-advise-which-humans-should-live-and-which-should-die%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2443396&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the controversial practices of Nucleus Genomics, a company offering a $5,999 service that analyzes embryos during in vitro fertilization (IVF) to provide insights about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >potential future traits<\/a> such as longevity, height, and likelihood of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taking-too-much-zinc-could-lead-to-this-other-deficiency\/\" title=\"Taking Too Much Zinc Could Lead to This Other Deficiency\">age-related diseases<\/a>. This service essentially allows prospective parents to &#8220;select&#8221; embryos based on desirable characteristics, raising significant ethical concerns about eugenics and the moral implications of playing God with life and death. <\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that this practice is reminiscent of a dystopian model where life is commodified, and &#8220;less desirable&#8221; embryos are discarded. The author emphasizes that life begins at conception, labeling the disposal of embryos as a form of mass murder. Ethical objections to IVF as a procedure itself are highlighted, alongside skepticism about the high cost of genetic testing and its implications. The author reinforces the notion that choosing which embryos to keep is a deeply troubling decision, ripe with moral dangers. the piece calls for a reevaluation of such practices, labeling them as depraved and barbaric.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meet Bob and Chuck.<\/p>\n<p>Brilliant scientists at a new company have determined that Chuck will outlive Bob, so Bob may as well be discarded.<\/p>\n<p>See how unfathomably twisted that is?<\/p>\n<p>And yet it&rsquo;s the model for a new, pricey business that somehow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/health\/embryo-ivf-screening-longevity-2b1f096a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">got a glowing piece<\/a> in The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Nucleus Genomics, in its infinite wisdom (that&rsquo;s dripping with sarcasm), has revealed a $5,999 analysis of embryos, which can reveal certain factors, like likelihood of age-related diseases, height, and IQ.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Nucleus founder and chief executive Kian Sadeghi told the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>(By the way, the &ldquo;less desirable&rdquo; babies are effectively condemned to a grisly death.)<\/p>\n<p>Just to get this out of the way, IVF is unspeakably evil.<\/p>\n<p>No matter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-fulfills-campaign-promise-ivf-executive-order-better-didnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who supports it<\/a>, you simply cannot be a pro-life Christian and think IVF is OK.<\/p>\n<p>If life truly begins at conception (big, fat spoiler: it does), then artificially forcing a bunch of conceptions and using a few of them while discarding and\/or freezing the rest is nothing short of mass murder.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s an attempt to &ldquo;play God&rdquo; by literally controlling life and death, and it&rsquo;s as heretical as it is blasphemous.<\/p>\n<p>Just listen to this opening paragraph from the Journal (emphasis added): &ldquo;Prospective parents using IVF will soon be able <em><strong>to rank embryos<\/strong><\/em>  using genetic and other information in the hopes of&nbsp;<em><strong>extending the longevity&nbsp;of their offspring<\/strong><\/em>, according to the 25-year-old entrepreneur behind Nucleus Genomics, a DNA testing and analysis company.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Picking and choosing who lives and who gets shoved in a freezer &mdash; or worse &mdash; based on physical traits and characteristics is the literal definition of eugenics.<\/p>\n<p>Look, this writer can commiserate with any couple struggling to have a child. It&rsquo;s a sapping and helpless situation like few others.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, more people having more kids (in wedlock) is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-loses-it-attacks-any-woman-not-loyal-to-democrats\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton Loses It, Attacks Any Woman Not Loyal to Democrats\">objectively good thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But ends can never justify the means, and discarding God&rsquo;s most vulnerable creations as if they were last week&rsquo;s Chinese takeout leftovers because you think you can get a better order of General Tso&rsquo;s Chicken this week is the epitome of hubris.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, even taking the obvious moral and ethical qualms out of the equation, it&rsquo;s hard not to look at this whole thing with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-americans-dont-believe-bidens-claim-that-build-back-fights-inflation\/\" title=\"Majority of Americans Don&#039;t Believe Biden&#039;s Claim That &#039;Build Back&#039; Fights Inflation\">skeptical eye<\/a>, given the eye-watering price tag attached to it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The embryos are given probabilities for the likelihood they will get these chronic conditions,&rdquo; the Journal noted. &ldquo;It is up to the parents to decide the qualities most important to them when choosing which embryos to use.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Six bands is a lot to pay for &ldquo;probabilities.&rdquo; Oh, and concerned parents &ldquo;can book sessions with genetic counselors if they want to discuss the results,&rdquo; which <em>surely<\/em> won&rsquo;t cost much.<\/p>\n<p>But even if this whole operation were free, it stinks &mdash; and it&rsquo;s pretty creepy.<\/p>\n<p>Look no further than the way Sadeghi capped off that Journal piece.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The longevity movement is about taking medicine back and putting it in the people&rsquo;s hands,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Why would that not apply now to the most intimate, personal, emotional, sensitive decision you will make? Picking your baby.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Picking your baby&rdquo;? Life is a precious gift from God, not some commodity to be traded in for a newer, better model.<\/p>\n<p>What you&rsquo;re really doing when you &ldquo;pick your baby&rdquo; is choosing which of your offspring is allowed to live, while sentencing a bunch of others to death.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s disgusting, it&rsquo;s depraved, it&rsquo;s beyond barbaric and it&rsquo;s something that needs to be called out at every turn.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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