Wonders shall never end. What is this world coming to? In this technology age, humans are beginning to believe that they can create another human from scratch. What with this in vitro, in vivo and all that stuff, I am a Cell and Molecular biology major and sometimes the thought of these new inventions makes me very uneasy. I beleive that these genetic findings should help to cure and eradicate diseases and not add new controversies in people's lives. It started with Dolly the sheep who eventually died because she was not genetically fit to survive. Now almost couple of decades later, they are coming out with "designer babies". What in the world is that?
Designer Babies is a new hot trend, that helps couples decide what kind of baby they want. Like say the man has sickle cell in his family, the making of this baby will eradicate that so therefore the baby will not have any sickle cell trait, it also goes for Huntington's disease and Muscular Duchenne Dystrophy. Parents can also decide if their baby should have blonde hair and blue eyes. I think it is rather unethical to try to trake the place of our Creator, ALmighty God but a lot of people will tell me that it is my own point of view.
So now there are Pro's and Con's to this:
Pros
1. Genetic diseases are avoided. This is done by a procedure which is rather scientific but for just reading, all that sickle cell, Alzheimers, Asthma and all that stuff will be eliminated.
2. Infertile parents can have children. How?
3. You might not need health insurance in the future. Especially if all these genetically inherited diseases would be eradicated.
Cons
1. The embryos get thrown away. Now why would you want to do that. Some couple cannot even produce a zygote not to talk about an embryo.
2. It's a baby and thats why you are expectant in the pregnancy state. Why would someone want to know what their baby looks like before he/she is born? Taking the fun away from pregnancy.
3. There is a most expectant chance to have a baby born with defects.
4. The child would seem like a factory made product because he/she was pre ordered with specifications. Not fair. Remember that the child would grow up one day and hate the way it looks because,it might end upop not looking like the parents and the kids at school would ask "who is your daddy?" Not a good question. I am sure that's not the milk man's son either.
5. It is so unethical. It is a sin.
I am sorry but that's my opinion. What do you think?
Designer Babies is a new hot trend, that helps couples decide what kind of baby they want. Like say the man has sickle cell in his family, the making of this baby will eradicate that so therefore the baby will not have any sickle cell trait, it also goes for Huntington's disease and Muscular Duchenne Dystrophy. Parents can also decide if their baby should have blonde hair and blue eyes. I think it is rather unethical to try to trake the place of our Creator, ALmighty God but a lot of people will tell me that it is my own point of view.
So now there are Pro's and Con's to this:
Pros
1. Genetic diseases are avoided. This is done by a procedure which is rather scientific but for just reading, all that sickle cell, Alzheimers, Asthma and all that stuff will be eliminated.
2. Infertile parents can have children. How?
3. You might not need health insurance in the future. Especially if all these genetically inherited diseases would be eradicated.
Cons
1. The embryos get thrown away. Now why would you want to do that. Some couple cannot even produce a zygote not to talk about an embryo.
2. It's a baby and thats why you are expectant in the pregnancy state. Why would someone want to know what their baby looks like before he/she is born? Taking the fun away from pregnancy.
3. There is a most expectant chance to have a baby born with defects.
4. The child would seem like a factory made product because he/she was pre ordered with specifications. Not fair. Remember that the child would grow up one day and hate the way it looks because,it might end upop not looking like the parents and the kids at school would ask "who is your daddy?" Not a good question. I am sure that's not the milk man's son either.
5. It is so unethical. It is a sin.
I am sorry but that's my opinion. What do you think?
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