Alexis Heng Boon Chin
Associate Professor, Singapore Fertility & IVF Consultancy Pty Ltd.
- Singapore
Singapore’s low fertility rate cannot be rectified by new assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) and stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs)
Given that such new assisted reproductive technologies would be needed only by a tiny fraction of local patients facing extremely difficult infertility problems, these will not significantly improve Singapore’s ultra-low fertility rate. R&D for reproductive aims could be a waste of public resources.
Confugenics - the East Asian Iteration of Consumer Eugenics Spells Demographic Disaster
A new terminology - “Confugenics” is thus proposed to describe the prospective intersection of such emerging human enhancement and reprogenetic technologies with the fixation on academic achievements and social status shaped by hyper-competitive social norms within East Asian societies.