The future of Designer Babies child the cure to preventable disease and death.
On the other hand, genetic engineering and designer babies may also violate the ethics of human life. Eventually, as parents cure their child of diseases, they may also give the child a stronger body, more luscious hair, greater intelligence, etc. A parent’ s vanity will come into the development of the child, and with the millions making the same choice, designer humans will become the standard and norm for society. Many today believe that genetic engineering undermines the point of having a child as the child will become more of computerized presets, rather
than a natural and true offspring of the parents.
Overall, CRISPR / Cas9 opens the door for scientists to eventually edit the human genome, bringing about designer babies that are stronger, faster, and smarter. Although, the system is still far from creating genetically enhanced humans, it poses a question for society to either accept or deny genetic modification. With CRISPR, we may be able to cure children of diseases and make them stronger than before, yet now we have to ask if we are willing to accept and promote this research or deny it for the naturality of human life?
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