Just reading part of the first paragraph broke my heart a little.
Their parents had wanted a child who was musical or athletic or tall. So they found egg donors with the traits they wanted, created embryos with the husband’s sperm, and then implanted them, often in surrogates. Usually, these couples didn’t have fertility issues.
And though this was written about the designer babies, I suspect that far too many people feel this way:
In these homes, a high value gets placed on achievement. I think the way these kids are created sends the message: “You’re not good enough. You need to achieve. You’re not accepted.”