Would-be parents should be allowed to create 'designer babies' through free access to genetic tests for hundreds of diseases, a pioneering fertility expert said last night.
They should be allowed to screen out diseases such as asthma, autism and even Alzheimer's, Professor Alan Handyside demanded.
In remarks that provoked huge controversy, he said it should be up to parents - not the law - to decide which tests they should and should not be allowed to take...
