The topic that I have chosen to write this essay on is genetic testing and whether it is considered ethical or unethical. The medical definition of genetic testing is as follows; “Genetic testing involves examining your DNA, which is the chemical database that carries instructions for your body's functions. Genetic testing can reveal changes or alterations in your genes that may cause illness or disease”. Tests done for clinical genetic purposes. Genetic tests may be done for diverse purposes pertaining to clinical genetics, including the diagnosis of genetic disease in children and adults; the identification of future disease risks; the prediction of drug responses; and the detection of risks of disease to future children.” (medicinenet.com pg1). There are many times that …show more content…
It is used to detect genetic changes in embryos that were created using assisted reproductive techniques such as in-vitro fertilization. In-vitro fertilization involves removing egg cells from a woman’s ovaries and fertilizing them with sperm cells outside the body.” (ghr.nlm.nih.gov pg1) The way that this testing is done is by testing, a minimal number of cells that are taken from embryos and then are tested for certain genetic changes. People may wonder again how could this be unethical? PGD (preimplantation genetic diagnosis) could be used in a way that it should not be for sex selection of the baby, actually selecting the embryo that may have the same disability as a parent like being blind or deaf. Or even bringing a child into the world for the main purpose of being a match to a severely sick sibling in hopes of using the sibling stem cells for treatment or curing the sick sibling. This for many would be considered horribly