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Ethicists ponder potential uses of donor child

The moral and ethical issues surrounding the selection of a donor sibling don't end with the baby's birth.

That donor sibling assumes a unique role in the life of the sick child and the entire family. After all, the donor child began as an embryo specifically chosen to help a sibling.

"That's an inevitable fact about the child's creation that the child is going to know," said Adrienne...

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