TY - JOUR T1 - Genetic enhancements and expectations JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 433 LP - 435 DO - 10.1136/jme.2008.026435 VL - 35 IS - 7 AU - K Sorensen Y1 - 2009/07/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/35/7/433.abstract N2 - Some argue that genetic enhancements and environmental enhancements are not importantly different: environmental enhancements such as private schools and chess lessons are simply the old-school way to have a designer baby. I argue that there is an important distinction between the two practices—a distinction that makes state restrictions on genetic enhancements more justifiable than state restrictions on environmental enhancements. The difference is that parents have no settled expectations about genetic enhancements. ER -