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Against modifying traits for babies - Aliyah Dwyer 

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Against modifying traits for babies - Aliyah Dwyer 

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Parents should not have the ability to choose the traits for their unborn child through genetic modification, unless it is for strict medical reasons. Choosing a child's traits could completely change who they are, whether you change something about their looks or change something about their personality. It could lead to all babies looking a certain way. This could lead society to stop valuing difference, including those who do not look a certain way or are not as intelligent as others. Diversity is important in our society, to ensure we come up with new ideas and solutions and that we value difference.

Parents should only be able to change the traits of their unborn children if it is for clear medical reasons, such as where it would prevent the child from having a poor quality of life. For example, earlier this year the Australian Parliament passed legislation to allow for mitochondrial donation. This means that a man and woman can create an embryo through In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) technology and then the mitochondrial donated by another woman is used to replace the mitochondria of the mother who is the carrier of mitochondrial disease. This can prevent the baby from inheriting severe mitochondrial disease which causes painful debilitating suffering and premature death.

It is important that legislation is clear about when genetic modification is allowed as this is a complex ethical area. Some disability advocates argue that allowing parents to make genetic modifications, even to prevent severe illness of disability is unethical as it can lead society to not value those with a disability and implies that a person with a disability’s life is not worth living. However, I believe that genetic modification should be allowed under strict conditions if children can be prevented from experiencing unnecessary suffering and have a longer lifespan with a better quality of life.

Sources:

1. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/08/designer-babies-ethical-horror-waiting-to-happen

2. https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/embryo-screening-and-the-ethics-of-human-60561/

3. https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=A019C1BC-304E-4394-8FA8-F0F799C8537D

4. https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/mitochondrial-donation#:~:text=Mitochondrial%20donation%20is%20an%20assisted,passed%20on%20to%20an%20embryo.

5. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd065

6. https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/heritable-genome-editing-and-disability-rights-resources-teaching-and-learning

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Designer babies are babies selected for removing or adding certain genes.

Genetic editing of the embryo during IVF when the DNA in the zygote is genetically altered, this can be done to lower risks of diseases or disorders as well as changing physical appearance of the unborn baby.

Genetic modification of babies has unknown long-term effects. Genetic diseases and disorders have an effect on the DNA sequence, with most diseases affecting multiple  genes it could cause more unknown complications elsewhere. If designer babies become realistic, only people who can afford to pay over $20,000 can have a designer baby. There is also a risk of permanently affecting the human gene pool. Normalising designer babies can bring risk to causing sociological issues. Society would naturally divide between the genetically altered and the not, superiority in designer babies could grow because of their genetic advantages and disvalue people with disabilities.

I believe that society is simply not ready for these unethical practices unless precautions and restrictions can be taken to ensure the general health of the child, disregarding the preference to alter the baby’s appearance. The question needed to be asked is if the privilege of technology in designer babies will be exploited. Making designer babies fully accessible for anyone could misuse the power of using the technology for enhancements of appearance and cause harm to the child, influencing more unneeded social issues and injustices.

In conclusion, genetic modification of unborn babies could have significant effects on the elimination of genetically transferred diseases but certain precautions and restrictions need to be taken into account before designer babies become normalised and common.

Sources:

1. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ethics-designer-babies

2. https://www.bioexplorer.net/designer-babies-pros-and-cons.html/

3. https://www.theweek.co.uk/95108/designer-babies-the-arguments-for-and-against

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Genetically modified babies would be a good thing for this world, I'm all for it. Genetically modifying an unborn baby would be different but effective. Removing diseases, disabilities, disorders, viruses etc.. that run in the family bloodline would prevent those in passing down into the future generations. It has been proven that if common disorders etc.. could be avoided or delayed by genetically modifying babies, the average lifespan could be increased.

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Opposed to Genetically modified babies - Aakash

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Opposed to Genetically modified babies - Aakash

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I am against the editing of humans genetically before birth because of the negative implications morally and on society.

According to supporters of Gene-editing, it could help avoid some diseases being passed on from parents to offspring. An example of gene-editing technology is is CRISPR, which was discovered in 2012. The process can cut out too much DNA, and some unwanted edits could trigger cancer according to research done by BBC News (BBC News 2020). Experts worry that modifying the genome of an embryo could case irreversible damage across generations.

The worldś first gene babies were born in China 2018, the scientist responsible was jailed, and there was strong international backlash (Cyranoski & Ledford 2018).

Gene Babies can have a terrible impact on society, which includes undesired genetic mutations, society becoming the same on a whole, the technology only being available for the rich, and population explosion in the future which will only lead to an increase in resource depletion. According to multiple instititues including the National Library in America, Gene editing which would result in nearly perfect humans, free of disease and bad mental health could result in overpopulation of the planet and fast depletion of resources. The German Philosopher Jurgen Habermas in 2014 said that genetic engineering could restrict the ability to make free choices of your life as a lot would already be decided. He also said it could destroy parent child relationships by undermining the prospect of parents loving their kids for who they are. I strongly agree with this. Gene editing could remove humans ability to have different perspectives, different experiences and different lives in a whole.

In conclusion, designer babies can ruin the health of descendants, can introduce genetic mutations, reduce diversity and perspective, make the poor and rich even more divided, deplete Earth of its resources and change the human experience as we know it.

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I am against genetic editing of humans because there are many people who don't have access to healthcare in the world . Only rich people can get the gene edit . Genetic editing will create a wealth gap between poor countries and rich countries. If people that have genetically edited genes it is bad for society and people with genetic editing will look down on people without genetic editing, because they are smarter or better. It  create a society that has a caste system with people with edited genes on top and people without, edited genes in the bottom of the system , and the victim of this caste system  will be the poor of the world, and the rich people will think they are more superior than the people without genetic editing .problems will come out of this  , it will  become dystopian some people may want to use the gene edit to live forever or have long life and some will make themselves very smart   only the rich and powerful will use the gene edit . remember there is poor and rich in this world

Dont  think about designer human when many people don't have basic healthcare the global south is a place where million of people dont have good healthcare and ,that problem have  to be fixed first

another  reason i don't  agree with genetic editing  is it is not  ethical and goes against how human are originaly created editing gene on human is not ethickal

The only time where genetic editing should be used is to solve climate change, for example bringing back woolly mammoths to stop permafrost from melting in the arctic and releasing many greenhouse gases.   Another example is to make some food grow fast. It means it can feed more people in the world like hybrid rice in china in china they use 10% arable land while producing 20% of the worlds rice using hybrid rice . It grows fast and harvests two times a year instead of 1 it feeds alot of people every year and is very succesfull .

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My opinion is that genetic edit on humans will be banned forever and it need to have high surveilance if there is private organization try to break the system.
if there is a society with gene edit,  people with gene edit  will distance and stay away from people without gene edit , and say  they are superior and smarter because they have gene edit. it will create a  dividded and unequal world..

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An argument against Designer Babies - Arav

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I am against genetic modification of babies, aure having the ability to modify your children is nice but there are a lot of downsides to it. Here are some:

1. It is unethical

Critics of designer babies think that the technology is exceptionally unethical and is almost similar to the process of abortion. Many of them believe that the enhancement of human characteristics and traits should not become a practice for civil societies.
2. The technology is not well developed

The development of the genetic engineering in designer babies is still in the early stage; in other words, many experiments are still being done to perfect the process. With this, its effects are still not fully determined and adequately understood.
3.Brings harm to the embryo and the mother

As alluded to earlier, the technology of creating designer babies is still not well-developed; hence, it may be practically unsafe for both the mother and the baby. According to some doctors, the technology could cause miscarriage or grave injuries to both mothers and children.

4.  People with disabilities may experience devaluation

Instead of equality, many people believe that the creation of designer babies will only breed inequality and promote devaluation of people with disabilities. In this case, some children will have a higher biological advantage over some children.

5. Only wealthy can afford the procedure

One of the significant concerns about the technology of designer babies is that they are too expensive to be available to the common public. A small genetic test could reach up to more than $200. The type of procedures has varying costs : the average price for IVF is about $8,000, the average price of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is about $3,500, and the selection of the child’s sex is about $18,000.

6. Widens the gap in society

As mentioned above, the technology is very costly and rich people will only be given an unfair advantage from it. With that, many believe that instead of achieving equality, it will only emphasise the difference between social classes.

7. Violates the right of the children

Through the manipulation of the child’s genome even before he/she is born, many believe that it is considered as a violation of human rights. Aside from that, it also overlaps with the child’s consent. As a result, designer babies may even appear like a manufactured commodity which has no self-worth.

8. Gene pool may be affected

The problem with designer babies is that when their population has grown to a considerable size, more individuals will have the same set of genes. With this, there will be less variation in the gene pool. As a result, the new generation will become very susceptible to various disorders.

9. Many genetic disorders may remain to be elucidated

Despite the already advanced understanding of numerous genetic disorders, many remain to be unelucidated. Critics argue that the genetic manipulation process could unintentionally lead to the rise of novel forms of genetic disorders in humans.

10. Many removed genes might be essential for growth

Last but not the least, a major concern in the process is that genetic engineering could result in the unexpected removal of some genes that are necessary for the growth and development of a child.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/08/designer-babies-ethical-horror-waiting-to-happen

https://www.seisen.com/student-life/seisen-post/features/~board/seisen-post/post/designer-babies-
the-key-to-a-better-developed-world

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About genetically modifying babies by Felix Wang

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About genetically modifying babies by Felix Wang

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genetically modifying babies was very controversial topic by morally, but for me I think it's reasonable and ethical.

On the downside, there is no doubt that genetically modifying babies is risky, and the results of genetically modifying babies in China were mixed. But there is no doubt that when a technological breakthrough occurs in genetically modifying babies, when there are no failures and the risks are minimal, the harms will far outweigh the benefits.

When the disadvantages of a morally controversial experiment are infinitely reduced, people will clearly see its advantages infinitely magnified. Undoubtedly, the benefits of Genetically-modified babies are enormous. Imagine how happy a pair of parents who are not smart get a smart son; when the society is full of smart people, the technology development and all kinds of industries in the whole world will develop rapidly, once science fiction All will become a reality, so will the ethical controversy of Genetically-modified babies still be a problem?

Just like in vitro fertilization helps infertile families get babies, genetically modifying babies can create more possibilities, there was considerable debate on the topic of in vitro fertilization 10 years ago, but because it has played a role in many populations help and gradually become popular, then when genetically modifying babies also eliminates certain hidden dangers like in vitro fertilization, people can choose many factors of their children, and I think many people will choose to accept.

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An argument supporting genetetic modification - Brynn

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An argument supporting genetetic modification - Brynn

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Genetic modification is defined as changing the genes in a patient's cells to treat a medical condition, or to change a characteristic of a patient (Center for Genetics and Society, n.d). The increasing possibility of genetic modification has prompted genetic modification to become the forefront of bioethical debates. One argument is that genetic modification can be taken to the extreme, and have negative effects on the child for example creating mutations in parts of the genome that is edited (Cyranoski, 2019). The counterargument is that it can improve the lives of a lot of people through the practice of gene therapy, which is used to prevent or cure specific genetic diseases and that we need to rely on the doctors and the parents to draw the line before anything can happen to negatively impact the child.

The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs released a statement in 1994 which supported using genetic modification as a means to cure genetic diseases (Ly, 2011). The positives of genetic modification are that it can help couples with fertility issues conceive children. It can allow the examination of embryos in regards to genetic or sexual diseases before they are implanted into the mother. Also, through PGD (preimplantation genetic diagnosis), physicians can select embryos that are not predisposed to genetic conditions, this is used by parents with genetic diseases e.g cystic fibrosis and anemia (Ly, 2011).

The use of genetic modification in relation to gene therapy is an ethical practice. An example of genetic modification benefitting the world is seen in the case of Monique and Scott Collins in 1996. The couple had had two sons previously and desperately wanted to have a daughter, they were also trying to avoid muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease (Morales, 2002). The parents wanted to create a balanced family dynamic, and wanted to avoid passing down a genetic disease. Is that not ethical?

I support the idea of genetic modification to an extent. I believe that it has the potential to improve the lives of many people. If genetic modification is used to prevent or cure specific genetic diseases, it is ethical. However, this idea can be taken too far and if the basic characteristics of the baby (e.g. likings, skin color) are edited, I believe that genetic engineering becomes unethical. At this point, the parents are no longer improving the life of their child through genetic modification, they are controlling their child's life through genetic modification. In conclusion, genetic modification can be a positive practice.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/gene-editing-humans-its-not-just-about-safety/#:~:text=For%20a%20very%20long%20time,permanent%2C%20affecting%20all%20future%20generations.
https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ethics-designer-babies
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00673-1
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-50460721
https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/topics/human-genetic-modification#:~:text=Human%20genetic%20modification%20

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Even though there are many questions about genetically modifying babies for ethical and moral reasons, there are many positive and negative impacts on our world with this. Some of the positive impacts are it increases lifespan for up to 30 years, It allows parents to give their children a healthy life, reduces the risk of diseases and disorders and helps to keep up with modern technologies. Some of the negative impacts are genetic engineers are not perfect people and cannot 100% properly evaluate every gene, they are more than likely mistakes will be made, the technology used is not 100% safe yet and there would be a really big gap in society between the designer and non designer babies. However, designing babies is a good idea because when this starts working perfectly there would be less chances of getting genetic diseases and it can eliminate the occurrence of known diseases in future generations according to “ Steve minchin “. Sexully transmittied diseases can also be prevented with this such as HIV can be passed from parents to babies. This shows that genetic modification will make lives better and prevent all the diseases that are carried on by parents.

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I am in favor of genetic modification because nowadays many women tend to adopt the idea of aborting the baby because it is not the gender they wanted, sometimes they do it because depending on where they live having a baby girl is a big burden for them. According to some studies, in many countries the gender preference is boys, and only in the Caribbean the preference is girls and in the Southeast Asian nations do not show any gender preference. One more benefit about this is helping to treat diseases, the development of transgenic foods (those that have their DNA modified by the insertion of one or more genes from another organism), The United States has 75 million hectares of planted area for the production of transgenic soybeans and corn.

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Genetically Modified Babies- by Sofiya V

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Genetically Modified Babies- by Sofiya V

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Creating genetically modified babies is both ethically justifiable and highly desirable, but there are major consequences. Doctor Kevin Smith had claimed that the risk of editing genes were now low enough to account for us humans embryos until it actually happened. In 2018 25th of November, China (Hong Kong) a researcher had claimed the birth of the first genetically modified twin girls. The twins names are Lulu and Nana, Nana had accidentally had a single extra base pair added to one, the four deleted from the other. Since Lulu had inherited a copy with 15 base pairs inadvertently deleted, as well as an entirely unaltered version. The Chines researcher that made this decision had started recruiting couple with positive HIV in March 2017 for the experement. Early Novemeber 2018  Gene-edited twin girls are reportedly born, with a third gene-edited embryo is established.

There should be a strict line as to how far scientists should be abel to go when experimenting things this important. The major positive Factor about genetically modified babies is that it is a plausible option for parents to make as it will not be forced upon, people Should not be able to change  major chractersitics of the embryo such as therer appearence or there cognitive ability  hobbies and skill, But in cases of being able to prevent any life threatening diseases of disabilities that  lower the babies standard of living such as cerebral plausy .

People could use this advantage in a useful way, for example Africa. Africa is a well known continunt for diseases and disabilities, the government could make it affordable or even free for a short period of time just so some people could get genetically modified babies so its easier for them to try and survive because its already hard for them to live under the circumstances they are in right now there are so many majour things going on.

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Conspiracy Against 'Designer Babies' - Haya Yousafzai

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Conspiracy Against 'Designer Babies' - Haya Yousafzai

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Following the 1999 Collins’ investigation on the genetic alteration of a zygote’s sex, the concept of ‘designer babies’ arose within the scientific community. Designer babies would allow parental figures to decide upon certain cosmetic and intellectual traits of their unborn fetus, using a similar procedure to that of IVF¹. The procedure may also refrain the development of certain life-threatening diseases and mutations amongst future generations (HIV mutations, Cancers, Down Syndrome and Dwarfism).

Genetic modification is entirely possible through the selection of certain gamete groupings and pairing them accordingly to form the appropriate zygote². If certain groupings do not obtain the genetic features required, scientists may attempt to render the ‘genetic code’. Regardless of evolutionary concerns, the experimentation required for the concept to become tangible is lengthy and risky.

“Government-funded investigations in the past have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians” - Joe Chefalo, former FBI agent.

These investigations would not only include experienced scientists but also a variety of surrogates, many of which die during labour due to lack of staff and poor service as confidentiality is vital in these experiments. ‘Experimentation’ is commonly a lab-based procedure conducted to determine a certain factor, this will continue until the desired outcome is achieved. Failed products are guaranteed in such experiments, causing many unknown deformities and mutations to arise within the many babies delivered as a result. The modification of embryos has been tested by aiming to clone sheep; many abnormalities, defects and the generation of different mutations arose with the morality rate of 95% (Irish Times, 1998).

Geneticists suggest this will aid in human evolution and the diminishment of certain diseases (SIS, N/A), however the equally valid study of cognitive sciences suggests that humans may support designer babies due to grandiosity and the value of human attractiveness rather than the health benefits³. Though the idea worthy of commendation for the future, it is important to develop rationality over the subject and acknowledge the negative factors that come alongside it.

¹ Ly, Sarah. “Ethics of Designer Babies | The Embryo Project Encyclopedia.” The Embryo Project Encyclopedia, 31 March 2011, https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ethics-designer-babies.

² Linstead, Greg. "DNA and Genetics." Pearson Science 10 Student Book: 10-14

³ Greene, Robert. "Know Your Limits: The Law of Grandiosity." The Laws of Human Nature: 320-355.

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Genetically modified babies - Designer babies - Tejesh Tadepalli

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Genetically modified babies - Designer babies - Tejesh Tadepalli

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Designer babies are when the babies embryo is selected by the PGD or the preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis , the then alter the embryos genes to determine there characteristics such as height, skin color hair color eye color gender and much more such as health diseases that are carried by there parents and std can be prevented by genetically modifying the baby as std such as HIV can be given by the parents, finding a way to prevent genetic diseases will  heavily improve the living standard of many people over 300 million people, this can also be used to prevent disabilities such as down syndrome  which effects over 3 to 5 thousand babies a year many of these people ave said to have depression due to these disabilities nearly 36% of people with disabilities have some severity of depression and other mental health issues such as severe social anxiety.

I believe that this okay to do if there are very strict set rules about the restrictions of what is and what isnt possible as it is unfair to be able to choose the way the baby will look and its interests and being able to choose the gender may cause dominance in one gender as in some religion one gender gets more respect then the other and when given the choice many would choose the male baby this can lead to an over population of males which can make it harder for the human population to grow, if this is used primarily for the prevention of health diseases and disabilities this is okay to use and should be further researched and experimented.

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Genetic modifications on babies is a baby whose genetic makeup has been selected in order to eradicate a particular defect, or to ensure that a particular gene is present. I am for genetic modification on babies, some of main reasons is improving the babies health and fighting against different diseases before the baby is even born. Designer babies help fight against different diseases and genetic disorders, although they aren’t common and 90% of the population lives without these statistics show 1 out of 10 people could be impacted. 80% of these diseases and disorders have a potential genetic cause, this means modifications of the babies cells before they are born could make a potential solution for the child's health and wellbeing. According to information by the United Network for Organ Sharing, around 20 people die every day on average while waiting for their transplant. With more than 100,000 people waiting on a kidney and 14,000 waiting on a liver transplant. Genetic modification on babies allows doctors to create a similar genetic profile in humans that can make it easier to find organ matches meaning less deaths. It is shown that Designer Babies are very useful, they allow the baby’s health to be improved, and they also offer more opportunities for successful organ matches.

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Should designer baby's be aloud in a modem society - Leo

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Should designer baby's be aloud in a modem society - Leo

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My stance on this topic is more of a philosophical standpoint in that I feel that it should be allowed due to the fact that the baby will not feel any pain and cannot feel the changes made to their body. If there are any disabilities in the baby then it should be aborted and started again. The benefits far outweigh the risk and it should be tested and continued as a option.

https://www.seisen.com/student-life/seisen-post/features/~board/seisen-post/post/designer-babies-the-key-to-a-better-developed-world
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designer babies/genetically modified babies - Ethan

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designer babies/genetically modified babies - Ethan

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Designer Babies or Genetically modified babies are created from an embryo selected by the Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) or genetically modified in order to alter traits of the new coming child. Many people are against Genetically modified babies or Designer Babies …, however the primary aim of creating designer babies is to remove a particular gene or to remove genes that are associated with diseases, which are caused by mutations in DNA. Designer babies can be very controversial, many people believing that designer babies can be very beneficial, whilst others believing it to be detrimental. However I am for it, as preventing embryos from defects provides a new source of hope for parents who carry fatal genetic diseases/defects. However I do think Genetic modification of embryos should be done under certain conditions. The first condition is that scientists should not be able to alter physical traits of the embryo such as eye colour, hair colour, or skin colour. The second condition is that Genetic modification should be optional and parents should have the voice whether they want to proceed. The third condition being if anything “bad” is to happen with the embryo (problems after the birth), scientists must take full responsibility for their actions. I believe this is the most ethical way for Genetically modified babies to be created “Creating genetically-modified babies is both ethically justifiable and "highly desirable", according to an Abertay University bioethicist. Dr Kevin Smith claimed the risks of gene editing were now low enough to justify its use with human embryos. (BBC, Nov 2019).

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Genetically modifying babies - Samaadhi Wijesinghe

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Genetically modifying babies - Samaadhi Wijesinghe

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Genetically modifying is defined as altering the characteristics of a baby while they are still developing in the womb. Genetically modifying babies would give parents the opportunity to create a child to their liking, they would be able to create a child that is attractive to them. Parents would be able to specially select traits and characteristics they would like their child to have, for example, they would be able to customize the baby to have blond hair instead of brown. The height of the baby could be altered to be shorter or taller, therefore I support genetically modifying babies

If genetically modified technology is used, the chance of babies having a genetic disorder, like down syndrome or Turner syndrome will become rare because the baby would make alterations to be healthy even if the disorder has been passed down from generations. (Sunny S, Feb 7, 2022 )  Another advantage is that genetic modification could offer us a way to more organ matches.

According to information published by United Network for Organ Sharing, about 20 people die every day while waiting for their transplant. Over 100,000 people are currently waiting for a kidney transplant, 14,000 for a liver, and about 4,000 for a heart.  With the creation of designer babies, scientists can create a similar genetic profile to make it easier to find matching organs. (Sunny S, Feb 7, 2022 )

To conclude, Designer babies offer parents a wide variety of choices or eliminate characteristics while the baby is still forming in the womb. While controlling and manipulating embryos can be a dangerous and unwanted option, many people support the idea of enhancing children, because gene - editing could potentially help avoid a range of heritable diseases by deleting or changing embryos. ( BBC News, 4 September 2020)

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Genetic engineering is the modification of the genetic material of a human. The genetic modification of an unborn child is fraught with danger. It is unethical to create genetically modified children as it went against the laws of nature. There are many risks that come with genetic modification.

Hypothetically, imagine if Hitler had had access to genetic modification technology, he would have been able to create a battalion of super-soldiers and a perfect Aryan race.

As with all new technology, there is always the prospect of failure. On a more personal level, recipients of designer babies would be emotionally distressed if the babies didn’t meet their expectations. From a wider perspective, a failure of technology that was unidentified for many years might lead to a population of psychopaths, unwanted diseases or a multitude of other problems.

Another problem that could arise from genetic modification is people will be less empathetic toward disabilities. Our society currently already has problems with discrimination against disabilities, gender, sexuality and race, genetic modification might make the discrimination worse.

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I am for genetic editing of humans because it allows for many diseases to be removed that can be caused genetically, a major disease that this can help to prevent is cancer, it will not be able to eliminate all forms of cancer but it will help to lessen the number of people that eventually get it. it can also help prevent specific physical disabilities. There are other things that genetic modification can change such as more superficial things such as eye colour and hair colour, modifying traits such as these do not affect the babies in significant ways therefore there is no harm in changing them. Genetic modification may also allow for parents to make their IQ higher therefore making the resources that are put into raising a child more worth it.

Conclusion: I am for designer babies

https://www.seisen.com/student-life/seisen-post/features/~board/seisen-post/post/designer-babies-the-key-to-a-better-developed-world

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Imagine, if deciding your children's gender, skin color, hair color, eye color, height, and even their intelligence is possible. This is not a fantasy in a dystopian fiction but rather something that can be made possible within the next 10 to 20 years. Designer Babies are babies whose genetic make-up has been selected in order to destroy a particular defect or to ensure that a particular gene is present. Although this term and concept remain a controversial topic, it is evident that designer babies do more good than harm.
One advantage is that by modifying the genetic make-up of a baby, we are able to improve the baby's health. When using the genetic modification technology to create a designer baby, the chances of genetic disorders can be reduced. For instance, it does not only decrease a baby's chances of being affected by certain health conditions but increases a baby's chances of survival as well. Designer babies are highly resistant to diseases such as cancer. Genetic editing allows a new pathway where future generations may become naturally immune to such diseases. This development process could ultimately put an end to this kind of suffering. For instance, cancer therapeutics involving genetic editing have already discovered to be useful using CRISPR to locate and kill offending cells.
Another advantage is that it could offer us a way to create more organ matches. According to information published by United Network for Organ Sharing, about 20 people die every day on average while waiting for their transplant. Over 100,000 people are currently waiting on a kidney, 14,000 for a liver, and about 4,000 for a heart. However, with the creation of designer babies, we can create a similar genetic profile in humans that can make it easier to find organ matches. Using genetic modification in babies, it may be possible to create organs that are an exact match to an individual. This can be done through using an efficient and rapid-acting chemical reaction called click chemistry that puts together multiple modified DNA fragments into a gene and using complex genome engineering. Creating organs that can be an exact match can reduce the chances of not being able to find a matching organ and a rejection after a transplant procedure.
Designer Babies could also be a way to prevent those who have genetic disorders. Although around 90% of the human population is born without a rare disease or genetic disorder, this indicates that 1 person out of 10 will be affected by a condition that can impact the quality of their life. That means that over 30 million people are affected by a genetic disorder that designer babies can prevent. There are more than 7,000 different diseases that have been identified so far that fit into this category, with over 80% of them having a potential cause in genetics. Early intervention could replace injured cells or insert missing ones to provide a potential cure.
Lastly, designer babies allow parents to choose characteristics. Genetic modification offers a wide variety of choices for parents. It offers the chance to choose or eliminate specific characteristics and traits of babies. Parents are given the chance to design the features of their child such as skin color, facial attributes, height, and even intelligence just like picking items from the supermarket shelves into the shopping cart. Parents will also be able to choose the gender of their child when going through the process of creation for a designer baby. Although these issues might seem unethical, a family with three boys might want to have a girl - or vice-versa. This process will help to resolve that issue into a reality without relying on the gamble of natural genetics.
Thus, it is evident that Designer Babies are indeed very beneficial; they not only allow the baby's health to be improved, but also offer more opportunities for successful organ matches, treat those who are unfortunately genetically disordered, and allow parents to choose their favorable characteristics. Designer Babies will surely be a significant key to a new improvised and developed society.

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Designer Babies, The Key To A Better Developed World

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Genetic modification is an amazing thing that will change the world for the better. Genetic modification will save people from lifelong disabilities and diseases. This is because people who are predisposed to genetically caused disabilities can have those genes cut out of them. Sexully transmitted diseases can also be preveted with gentic modification. That includes the extremely dangerous HIV virus that can be passed from parents to baby. This means that genetic modification not only will make lives better but will save lives. Disabilities are awful for people who have them and their family. It is estimated that 36% of people with disabilities had suffered from depression. Compared to 8% of people without disabilities who had suffered from depression there is a strong correlation between depression and disabilities.  It has been proven that with genetic modification disease and disability free life spans increase. Genetic modification can also let infertile people have children. This can give great meaning to people's lives and help them live a happy fulfilling life. I'm not the only one who believes that genetic modification is ethical. The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs released a statement saying that genetic modification was ethical in situations that involved stopping disease or disability being passed onto babies. Although there are some negatives in genetically modified babies the positives outweigh the negatives.

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Designer Babies should be allowed, under limitations.-Kelsey 

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Designer Babies should be allowed, under limitations.-Kelsey 

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Designer Babies are a very controversial topic. Designer babies refer to babies that have their traits, appearance and their inclinations for things will be predetermined before birth by their parents by altering their genes.
I believe designer babies will be an asset to society as genetic modification can rid of diseases that some babies are unfortunately born with by altering their genes to make them perfectly healthy.
Other than making a possibly sick baby healthy there will be no change to the child's genetic material. The child cannot and will not be changed to be born cosmetically changed or inclined mentally towards anything. This fact we be overseen by a governing body with extremely heavy punishments to dealt out as well as anti-corruption laws to make absolutely sure that no one in power or otherwise cannot modify their babies-to-be.

Ethics of Designer Babies

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Although the idea of genetic modification is really good and possible, it has many problems. He Jiankui announced the birth of twin girls with edited genomes but there is no evidence that the modification actually worked. I don’t know if our technology is good enough to genetically modify babies even before they are born because there are many possibilities of organ failures or a baby being born with a disease, cancer or diabetes.

If in the future, babies can be modified successfully then every baby would be the same. They would all be smart, good-looking, a doctor, or someone successful. No one would think outside the box or be different. Adolphus Greely said that the success rate of modifying babies is 1 in 3. I am for but also and mostly against Designer babies.

Ethics of Designer Babies | The Embryo Project Encyclopedia (asu.edu)

The CRISPR-baby scandal: what’s next for human gene-editing (nature.com)

Designer babies: an ethical horror waiting to happen? | Reproduction | The Guardian

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Designer babies is a really interesting topic because you can have really different point of views regarding this topic. Designer baby (genetically modified baby) refers to a child who would develop from an embryo or sperm or egg that had been genetically altered. These babies are originated from embryos created by in-vito fertilization (IVF).

Designer babies is a really risky thing to do. CGS and many other social justice advocates, who point to unacceptable risks for future children. Genetic engineers are not perfect people and cannot 100% properly evaluate every gene. They are more than likely mistakes will be made. If the process is not done carefully, the embryo can be terminated. The technology used is not 100% safe yet. It is only in the experimental stages yet. Also, a baby cannot consent to have its body altered, therefore it’s not right for parents to make any changes in their babies. This technology was originally to prevent diseases and any harmful gene in a child, though many people may use this technology for superficial- purposes such as purposely seeking out a blonde-haired, blue-eyed baby for appearance concerns only. This could also create a gap in society. For example: Designer babies would most likely be better looking, smarter etc. This would create a class between designer and non-designer babies. Because the technology is new, it is unknown whether the babies will affect the gene pool. This can cause difficulties later on throughout the baby’s family tree because the changes affect every cell in the child’s body and be passed to all their children and their children’s children. Because most people will seek out good-looking, intelligent babies with optimum characteristics, everyone will be relatively similar and this can also take away from the child’s individual personality.This is also really expensive. This procedure is not cheap, and not everyone would be able to afford it. Designer babies and genetically modifying babies is banned in most countries but the countries that tried using it such as US, also banned it, since according to them, it violates the dignity of the individual and is morally illicit. So therefore, I believe genome editing for reproduction, to alter the genes and traits of future children should remain off limits.

https://explorebiotech.com/pros-cons-designer-baby/

https://www.tides.org/accelerating-social-change/policy/designer-babies-dna-in-the-headlines/

https://www.tides.org/accelerating-social-change/policy/designer-babies-dna-in-the-headlines/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/10/22/139478/are-we-designing-inequality-into-our-genes/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1751721415300063

https://www.tides.org/accelerating-social-change/policy/designer-babies-dna-in-the-headlines/

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I believe that people should not be allowed to genetically modify humans. There are a few reasons why I believe this, however the issues mostly revolve around the people creating the babies rather than the babies themselves. Being able to do things such as getting rid of genetic diseases sounds great, however human beings are terrible creatures that could use genetic modification for things that are not as ethical as getting rid of genetic diseases.

There are many non-ethical uses for genetic modification. Issues such as slavery and abuse would become a lot more prevalent if people had the ability to customise their traits. You could exploit this in sport, labour and slavery without giving the genetically modified person a choice, but if they don’t know any better how can they make that choice? Even if they had the ability to make that choice, diversity would not be as prevalent and competition would be meaningless.

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In favour of Genetically Modified Babies (William Zou)

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In favour of Genetically Modified Babies (William Zou)

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Genetically Modified babies are not as bad as it seems, when other people use the term 'genetically modified babies' people tend to think about horrible monstrosities that may come out of experimenting with humans. Or how it may be unethical as we are indeed experimenting on human embryos. What people can't see is that if we can apply genetic modification to babies it could prevent terminal illnesses before they can even manifest, saving human lives from the diseases that would surely kill any other human being. Sources also say that genetic modification is the only way to deal with diseases related to embryos. Genetic modification can also be used to give babies specific traits such as a certain type of hair or a certain hobby/talent. Although this may seem harmful, the pros really outweigh the cons in this situation.

Who decides the traits of babies? Well, the parents would obviously be the people to choose their baby's traits. But the important detail in this is that the baby has absolutely no say in this who's to say that the child didn't want these qualities you wouldn't know, the baby can't have a say about it either and once it reaches the point where they can complain about it they no longer will because the traits will be either something they are good at or something that they enjoy. You can fulfil the will of your parents with no hesitation. Being able to do what you enjoy and also having the full support of your parents means there will not be a rebellious stage that is meant to naturally occur in order for the child to find out who they are. Who they are is already decided before they were even born. The child will probably lead a very healthy and fulfilling life with less than average complications with their parents. This lifestyle may not be what some people want but in my opinion, it is the best course of action.

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ethics-designer-babies
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-50460721

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Ethics of Designer Babies | Embryo Project Encyclopedia

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A designer baby is a baby genetically engineered in vitro for specially selected traits, which can vary from lowered disease-risk to gender selection. Before the advent of genetic engineering and in vitro fertilization (IVF), designer babies were primarily a science fiction concept. However, the rapid advancement of technology before and after the turn of the twenty-first century makes designer babies an increasingly real possibility. As a result, designer babies have become an important topic in bioethical debates, and in 2004 the term “designer baby” even became an official entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. Designer babies represent an area within embryology that has not yet become a practical reality, but nonetheless draws out ethical concerns about whether or not it will become necessary to implement limitations regarding designer babies in the future.

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Should parents have the ability to choose traits for their unborn child through genetic modification?

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Should parents have the ability to choose traits for their unborn child through genetic modification?

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https://www.seisen.com/student-life/seisen-post/features/~board/seisen-post/post/designer-babies-the-key-to-a-better-developed-world