The Pros And Cons Of A Designer Baby

The thought of “designer babies” seems like something out of science fiction, however, with the ever forward progressing world of science and technology science fiction is becoming a reality. While the gender of baby was once left to chance, celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Kayne West and Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have brought choosing their baby's gender to the mainstream. The ability to pick pink or blue is just the start of designing the “perfect” baby. When one hears the word “designer baby,” it means that a baby is being created by the use of biotechnology, similar to genetic engineering and modification. With this in mind, it is clear that a designer baby is being created by its parent’s genetic makeup, which are being selected

In this case, the pros for gene alterations can vary from genetic disorder prevention, increasing life span and lowering the risk of inherited medical conditions, which was the first known reason and cause for gene alteration. Not only was this a medical breakthrough, but it was a life-saving procedure that occurred in 2000 to a boy named Adam Nash. His sister, Molly suffered from Fanconi’s Anemia, a “rare, inherited blood disorder that leads to bone marrow failure,” which he would have inherited had he been created naturally ("What Is Fanconi Anemia?"). When Adam was born, blood cells from his umbilical cord were transplanted into his sister’s body, saving him from the disease. His birth, no matter how artificial, unquestionably served a vital purpose. After, parts of the world heard this life-saving operation, it began to make people think if they apply to it to other situations and how beneficial it would be. However, on the other side, if someone were to look at the unethical side of gene alteration, they may see it as a violation of unborn’s rights, since the fetus is viewed as a person at this time and the parents aren’t allowing it an opportunity to say something if it could as well as the ability of playing the religion card (people are playing as God now) and the moral and ethical consequences associated with gene modification. When looking at the moral and ethical side of gene

No Thanks.” As you can tell, he is not in favor of having the ability to genetically modify humans since it could bring back huge problems. The problem of discrimination that we faced hundreds of years and still face today in some way or another. As quoted by Richard, “If misapplied, they would exacerbate existing inequalities and reinforce existing modes of discrimination. If more widely abused, they could undermine the foundations of civil and human rights. In the worst case, they could undermine our experience of being part of a single human community with a common human future” (Genetically Modified…). Also, if one is to be genetically modified, how many genes are acceptable to be changed. One, two, ten, one hundred? If you were to alter multiple genes, how real is the individual anymore? The parents have to consider the well-being of the child if they were to tell them that they were modified for a purpose other than survival. I know if I was modified for the sole reason of academics, athletics, etc., I would have a feeling of unworthiness, that I was going to feel unappreciated for the abilities and talents that was going to be blessed with, as I grow as an individual. His third reasoning on why genetic modification is a bad idea is that it may create a race to create the most “perfect” human being, if you were to call them a human