TED BURSA COLLEGE / 9-B
Editing Children’s
Genomes
Selen GÜNERİ
Having kids is a wonderful miracle for many people. It is mostly
exciting for the parents because the baby’s gender, health
conditions and other characteristics are not chosen by them.
However, playing with the genetics of babies, erases the
chances and surprises. I do not think we should edit children’s
genomes because it is not natural, it is very risky and it might
increase the imbalance of genders.
Playing with genomes of a baby kills naturalness. People
nowadays spend a lot of time and money on trying to live their
life more natural. Not having the baby the way it is, instead
changing its features, would be against this whole point of view.
Besides, according to many religions, not liking and editing
on something created by God is not appropriate. To replace
any characteristics of an unborn child would contradict with
naturality.
other serious problems in the future such as, not having equal
opportunities. Parents having the right to edit their baby’s
features is very likely to cause gender imbalance.
To sum up, having babies is a natural miracle and editing the
genomes is against the main point of it. I do not think baby’s
genomes should be edited on because it kills naturality, caries
big risks and is likely to increase gender inequalities.
Changing a baby’s genomes is a big risk to take. This editing
does not only prevent genetic disorders, it may also cause
them. In addition, after the child is born, he or she can face
psychological issues due to lack of self-confidence. Hence,
editing children’s genomes has very big and possible risks.
Sexism around the world is a big problem and people being
able to choose their children’s gender would increase this. To
illustrate, if male babies are more wanted in the world right
now, parents are more likely to choose having male babies.
Giving them this opportunity would only disturb the natural
balance of genders. Genders being unbalanced may lead to