What Are The Pros And Cons Of Eugenics

Abstract The term and concept of Eugenics was introduced into our society dating back to the year 1883, by Francis Galton, cousin of Darwin (Harvard Law Review, 2004). Since that year, throughout history and into our current time the study and debate surrounding Eugenics has taken many forms, but controversy as society developed a better understanding of its concept, has grown in epic proportions. Today we are subjected to constant debates of the pros and cons of Eugenics and its study and use in healthcare

Could you imagine what your life would turn out if you never had cancer? Do you ever wonder what your son or daughter would be without dyslexia? All these conditions cross your mind as “what if” statements. What if these conditions through human genetic modification were actually manageable? If we as humans had the opportunity to design our child just to how we like them, would we take the chance and leap of faith? Sure things seem to be picture perfect, but do we really know what we are leading our

modification of babies. The other side of the argument is against genetic modification of babies and believes it is immoral and unethical. The side that is in favor of genetically modified babies, or designer babies, will be referred to as Pro-Genetics. The Pro-Geneticists believe that genetic modification of babies, whether in the womb or made in a laboratory, is the next advancement for the human species. The human genome is made of 24,000 genes (sciencemuseum.org). These 24,000 each have a specific

offspring is called eugenics. It is better understood as the process of selective breeding can improve human society. The term eugenics is from the greek, meaning “well-born”. The idea of eugenics is to have a society be abundant with many wanted traits, during a movement called the melting pot where people tried to solve their problems with the use of technology. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development, is the book in which Sir Francis Galton first mentioned the term eugenics. In the book he

Does Eugenics Really Lead to a Perfect Society? 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

Introduction 
 Eugenics means well-born. In America there were two types of Eugenics positive and negative. Positive did not sound so bad. Positive eugenics just meant that those who had positive attributes should be encouraged to reproduce. Negative eugenics on the other hand was the idea that those deemed unfit should be limited in their reproduction (Genetics and society, 2017). Laws and policies established by the government that encouraged this practice. Current eugenics are focused on scientific

parents into having an abortion. These parents aren’t given all of the facts, and they are not told what resources that are available to help them to make their growing child life better while growing up. Rather than using new scientific and proven information to inform, doctors are using it to practice eugenics. According to Genetic Generations website eugenics has its pros and cons. But Eugenics is a movement that is aimed at improving the genetic composition of the human race. Historically, eugenicists

1. What are the pros/cons genetic screening and genetic selection? Where do you stand in this issue? Women who hear they have particular signs and a high probability they will develop a disease can make informed decisions. For example, in the case of Angelina Jolie she made a decision to have a double mastectomy. That decision might have saved her life. According to the Gregory E. Pence after her mastectomy her risk of developing the disease dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent (Pence, 2015)

reason why genetic engineering should be illegal is because of economic separation. The center for Genetics and Society wrote an article called Inheritable Genetic Modification Arguments pro and con and explained that genetic modifications will cause disparities. “ IGM (inheritable genetic modification) is eugenic technology that would almost certainly increase the social and economic disparities between privileged elites and the great majority of others” (Center for

and are unable to get married or have children. This could effect society severely and make people feel segregated. Should this be considered a national screening test given out to everyone ? Most importantly is this screening program a model of eugenics? Is there a possibility of improving life and the quality of human species by offering this screening test. These dilemmas raise many issues for the future and how it will affect society either positively or