The Concept Of Designer Babies

Imagine a parent walking into a conference room; a sheet of paper waiting on a table with a lot of different questions on it. Things that many parents wish they had control over. Options such as hair color, skin color, personality traits and other physical appearances are placed out across the page. When they fill questions out, a baby appears as it was described just before. The baby is in the picture of health, and looks perfect in every way.

So long as I maintain this Oath faithfully and without corruption, may it be granted to me to partake of life fully and the practice of my art, gaining the respect of all men for all time. However, should I transgress this Oath and violate it, may the opposite be my fate. This is a fragment of a vow known as the Hippocratic oath, which doctors take on when they are about to become physicians. This oath serves not only as a guideline of what is expected of them but also sets up a sort of boundary for the actions regarding their patients. This oath furthermore impedes doctors from having inhumane treatment or even attempt in most instances actions that benefit their own agenda instead of their patients. Of course this in itself is a

Between 1912 and 1932, three International Congresses took place as a global venue for scientists, politicians, social leaders to investigate and discuss plans and programs to improve human hereditary characteristics in the twentieth century. While the Nazi embrace of Eugenics was used for an unthinkable horror in the holocaust, the movement actually was re-invented and nurtured in America and England. President Theodore Roosevelt created a national Heredity Commission to discover the genetic heritage of the population and to encourage the good blooded families to increase, and the cross-bred inferior segment to decrease. Out of

If it is possible to cure genetic disorders in unborn children, then why does this dilemma exist? Designer babies may offer a solution for many parents faced with an uncertain future. The term “Designer Babies” refer to children who develop from embryos that are selected, or genetically modified in vitro (outside of the human body, usually in a laboratory). While emerging technology is constantly improving the daily lives of mankind, the scientists involved in this branch of science have fallen under great scrutiny despite their best effort to contribute to society. As a developing science, the exploration of genetic editing has potential to direct humanity to a radiant future. Financially funding and

“A certain person’s religious, economic, political, and scientific viewpoint of a situation significantly influences what his or her moral beliefs about designer babies are. Those who are highly influenced by religious teachings find the technology used by designer babies to be humans attempting to “play god”, while from an economic standpoint the inequality that would develop between the rich and poor from the expenses of using the CRISPR-cas9 system is inevitably unethical. Yet, from ethical beliefs that are developed from a political perspective, the opinion was split. Those from a conservative standpoint saw designer babies as immoral when considering the traditional rights a child has, but those from a liberal viewpoint brought into the

Because we are not there yet “These new technologies, however, are not yet inevitable. Unlike global warming, this genie is not yet out of the bottle “( Mckibben, Designer Genes) It is possible that none of the afford mentioned scenarios will evolve, The possibility that the masses will rise up and say it is unethical,or immoral or just wrong can occur, and if the result is, a close watch is kept on the advancements in human genetic modification, then common sense and good judgment can be used , and therefore in the future another Frankenstein monster might not be a possibility.

Designing your child is becoming more and more popular as the discoveries progress. The excitement of what gender it will be will be gone. Recent discoveries are making "designing your child" a possibility. Whether it's a blessing or a curse is yet to be determined because it is in the early stages of this. Designer babies are not going to be used to their full potential therefor unless in dire need, they should not be used.

An article called “In Praise of Designer Babies” ( October 10, 2013) was constructed by Paul Waldman, a columnist and senior writer for the magazine “The American Prospect” for which this article was published in. This magazine covers various topics from a liberal and progressive perspective. Within this source, Waldman claims that the future of Designer Babies may not be as unethical as some people make it out to be, and that society may truly want the potential of genetically modifying their kids more than they think. To fully support his argument, Waldman refutes some of the most prominent ethical arguments with his own thinking about genetically modified embryos as well as what he believes society’s true opinion about designer babies are.

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

The first reason I do not support the creation of designer babies is that some important historical figure had mental sickness. For example, Albert Einstein had Asperger’s syndrome. According to the website Webmd.com is “The delay to develop basic akills such as the ability to socialize with others and communicate. Another person who had mental sickness was Isaac Newton, a famous

For the society of GATTACA to exist, there needs to be lots of technology/information that are necessary. The future of a society like GATTACA is not to far in the future. Some information that will be needed for a society like GATTACA to exist, is being able to identify what genes and traits a human has based on a blood sample, in the matter of a day. The technology of being able to create “Designer Babies”, needs to be available for a society like GATTACA to exist. Scientists and doctors will need to be able to have the ability to extract any imperfect genes from the sperm or the egg to prevent any imperfect traits of an offspring. Last in the movie GATTACA, they had the technology to determine one’s DNA sequence in the matter of minutes using a sample of them. This technology is a must if a GATTACA society ever existed.

To summarize, I do not have a positive view on designer babies. It is violating the baby’s rights, the parents would have some sort of expectations for the child that the child may or may not be able to meet and designer babies are not affordable for the average family. The research for designer babies is not a 100% completed yet. We can not predict if they will be a pro or a con for the future. Only the future holds the truth.

Have you ever had a desire to have kids but hesitated because a lot of health issues occur through your family and you do not want your child to experience the same thing? Those thoughts sometimes run across my mind so I think genetically building my baby would be a good idea. For those who are unaware, a designer baby is designed to fix or change the baby while it is still in the womb to achieve a more desired look and give your child genes that you may not have. I think it is a good idea because I would want to create my child to be respectful, intelligent, and healthy. I want him/her to look nice but I will focus on creating them to have a strong mentality so they will always stay focused in life. Raising kids comes with a lot of

Should parent be allowed to genetically engineer their children? : The ethical dilemma of designer babies.

How does it sound to walk into the doctor’s office, choose what attributes you want your baby to have, and then having that exact baby 9 months later? Although this may seem quite harmless to most, the negative effects of designer babies are tremendous: the lack of diversity in our population, violation of a specific set of laws designed to protect humans, going against Christian views, and even destroying the roots of human nature. With genetic engineering biotechnology, such as Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (or CRISPR), new and unique altercations are being done to revolutionize many aspects of our lives. Along with astounding benefits that can come from these biotechnologies, many people have come up with crazy ideas, such as these designer baby ideas, that could be potentially harmful to our society.