Making People Perfect

When you hear the word perfection, what is the first image that pops out of your mind? Is it the bright, shiny, twinkling smile of Ian Somerhalder or is it the sexy body of Megan Fox? Or perhaps is it just the cute face of your crush in one of your classes? Or maybe the simple concept of having complete and functional limbs is enough for you to be considered perfect already. For Merriam Webster, perfection is the freedom from fault or defect – or just plain flawlessness. As for most of the people, they view perfection as someone having a face which resembles a Greek god; or somebody who has immaculately fair, white skin similar to an angel that fell from the heavens. They consider someone perfect if he has the ability to make their jaw

For example, Charles Platt, a journalist, explains that scientist, “now agree that there are genetic mechanisms that control the aging process, and the implication of this is that it will eventually become possible to reverse aging and cure the diseases of aging” (Platt). If Designer Babies become legal then there will no longer be the fear of aging or death hanging over our heads, and according to scientist it is very possible that the change will be coming soon. In addition, Dr. David Sinclair, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, explains exactly what the scientist could do if they were allowed to edit the someone's genes, “If a body is slowly falling apart and losing the ability to regulate itself effectively, we can get it back on track to what it was in its 20s and 30s” (Sinclair). By editing genes scientist will be able to make sure that everyone stays in prime shape throughout life. Many people lose the will to live as they get older because they always feel sore and achy, but if gene editing becomes legal that will no longer be an issue and everyone will want to live longer and be able to! Lastly, an article from Psychology Today explains why most people end up getting depression, “Eventually, the distractions and denial collide with reality—the reality that everyone and everything we love and cherish including our own existence will be gone. Reaching retirement, the death of friends and family, the loss of looks and

You may have not thought about issues that come along with genetics and the genetic makeup of a human being. This includes but not limited to how your child will look, will the offspring have your features, the fathers features, or even one of the grandparents' features. This has caused many stakeholders to debate on whether genetic engineering should be allowed and to what extent. Meaning, should we be able to design our children based on how we want them to look or to prevent them from obtaining some detrimental conditions? Most would base their opinions on the “fun” part of designing your baby and how cool that may seem. In a study by Salah, Yaz, a publisher for Emaze

The process of preimplantation includes many risks that may result in the baby’s death, or possible deformity. Changing the natural genes, may cause a “ripple” in the gene pool, and create complications further down the line of generations. If designer babies are our future, there are many changes that would be made to society--bad of good. Designer babies would be prettier, and smarter. That may create a a great rift between designer babies and “non-designer” babies. Designer babies may have more opportunities in jobs and colleges than non-designer babies. Or it may be the other way around. Maybe designer babies would be considered as “unnatural” and be shunned from society. Either way, it would great a great gap between our future generations that may be very difficult to fill

In the perfect world there would be an elimination of disease, discrimination, poverty and many other horrible aspects of the world, or would there? It is arguable whether or not that type of world would be perfect because much of the creation of it would be the result of the engineering of human genes. This concept is called eugenics which is mainly a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of a human population. Some people in the world believe that to create the “perfect population” they need to self direct human evolution and modify an individual's genes. Ultimately, eugenics is a bad idea and should never be carried out. This is because when trying to genetically

Therefore it may be beneficial in some cases. The negative side is stated in the article, “Designer Babies the Ethics of Children to Order” by Tia Ghose, it says that people are concerned that there will be a lack of genetic diversity due to creating a “perfect” baby. This shows the risk we are taking that is unsure on how it will impact the gene pool. This argument is wrong because when you look at the facts, negative effects can occur

When it comes to the subject of designer babies, or even the thought of being able to create a 'perfect' child there is either controversy or pure relief. The reason being because when it comes to designing babies there is good as well as bad. For example some may say being able to genetically modify a baby so it has no chances of coming out deformed or even with mental or psychical diseases and disabilities is a miracle. Others may say that in the law of ethics this can not be acceptable. The fact the you're choosing your child's fate is ‘wrong’ stating that whether a child ends up with a disease is life, we should not be able to control it. Which makes sense yes, unless you're talking about two parents who can't have children because

Picture this: your family has type 1 diabetes in their genes. You know that if you ever want to have a kid, they will most likely develop diabetes. You have it yourself and know how hard it is to have to monitor your diet all the time. You can’t eat at most restaurants, you have to give yourself a shot after every meal, and there is nothing you can do about it. Imagine you could save your child from this horror. You could genetically engineer your child and prevent them from hereditary diabetes. There are countless situations like this genetic engineering can fix. Thus, designing babies is beneficial and should be regulated.

Attention Getter: Grab a seat, pick up your baby catalog and start choosing. Will you go for the black hair or blonde hair? Would you prefer tall or short? Funny or clever?

Does the sound of designing a personalized baby sound appealing? How about choosing their eye color? What if the baby had some kind of genetic disease, and that it would not be able to live a normal life without genetically altering it? Well, it may be greater of a possibility than most people think. “Designer Babies” is just a slang word for genetic engineering. Most of the babies ' genes are genetically altered because they will die without the modifying. The altering is meant to kill certain heritable diseases. Some believe that parents should not be able to make “designer babies” because there is a risk of the process not being done perfectly, it could cause a gap in society, creating unneeded social classes, and because the technology is so new, it is unknown whether genetically modifying the babies will affect the gene pool. Nevertheless, parents should absolutely be able to make designer babies, because it has the potential of increasing the human lifespan, it prevents genetic disease, and it allows prospective parents to give their child genes that they do not carry.

Over the course of human existence, we have been able to design and devise revolutionary technology to suit human needs and desires. But with the advancement in technology came a whole new world to discover with more complications and problems. Humans are so keen to learn and discover that somewhere in between we have forgotten about what the consequences of that could be. That’s exactly the issue with designer babies. We are venturing into uncharted territory of human genes with advanced technology, who knows that the world is capable of doing. Brain Hayes, a senior writer for American scientist supports my reason and states “This runs many risks. It's used in many countries to avoid the birth of female children” Each year there are thousands of sex selective abortions because some cultures find sons more suitable than daughters for religions and economic demands. According to ‘population research institute’ based on the natural ration of boys to girls which is 105 boys for every 100 girls born there should only have been 47 million boys born than girls in the past 15 years but because of sex-selective abortions there were approximately 71 million more boys than girls born, meaning a huge 24 million sex-selective abortions occurred, which is absolutely ABSURD. Before finishing Hayes also includes “This designing aspect would also lead to an objectification of children as commodities” Think about it do YOU really want YOUR children/s to be identified as merchandise… or just another “product”? If the misuse of technology doesn’t change your perspective on designer babies may be the next reason

And if this is successful it can lead to a better understanding of genetics which can lead to a better understanding of more positive things to improve on the human life. Another good think about designer babies is that it can reduce risks of diseases which can prevent future deaths caused by diseases, And with that it can also reduce inherited medical conditions for example obesity, and cancer. And most of all it is not mandatory meaning if you do not wish to have your baby enhanced, in any way you don’t have to.

The ability to modify the human genome will almost certainly be available within the next one hundred years, so where does that leave the human species. The ethicality of advancing the human genome will need to be looked at more closely. Like the 1997 movie Gattaca, we will technically be able to play “build a bear” with children. Children will be made in a petri dish, ensuring that they are ridden of any genes that will cause them calamities, and grown into a perfect functioning human. This would be extremely beneficial for sustaining the human race, as no one would naturally die off until relatively old age, however where would this leave the people who can’t afford to build their own child. These children would be born like the “old” way and have life expectancies extremely lower than those grown in a test tube. This science could further lead to immortality. Not in the sense that it is impossible to die, but one would live on forever as long as their lives are not taken from them. If no one dies, then the need for finding a new planet would be even greater. Mass extinctions of animals, plants, resources, and even beneficial bacteria would quickly lead to the destruction of the earth. There is no ethical solution if humans are able to live forever. These topics need to be addressed to ensure the healthiness for the earth within the next hundred million

There is the positive side of designing a baby. For instance, when the genetics are screened and the embryo is, in the womb of the mother, fertilized, this can cause the prevention of genetic disorders. This means disorders such as Down’s Syndrome and Huntington’s disease can be “removed” and the future child can live a happier life. The result of this

Central idea: People should have designer babies because this technology gives great benefits such as parents get to choose healthiest embryos, gender and appearance of their future child