The idea of Designer Babies is more prominent now than ever.
Personally, I find this field extremely interesting and so I did some research
from the perspective of a parent that would be in interested in such technology.
Just searching the term “Designer Babies” on the internet, the first link that
comes up is a link to “The Fertility Institutes”. When you click on the link,
the first thing that pops up on the screen is a representative live chat where
they can instantly reply to any questions you have. It appears as though the
first factor someone that is having a Designer Baby would be interested in is
gender, not the possibility of removing a genetic disease.
Screenshot of the web page http://www.fertility-docs.com
Honestly, I found this sign alarming. The term Designer Babies
has been sensationalized, the idea of gender selection specifically. On the
front page of the website, the institute shares a link to an article about how
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have already taken part in gender selection for
their second child who is on the way. There is also a link to a video of a “Good
Morning America” clip where Dr. Steinberg, the found of The Fertility Institutes
has a segment on the show called “Family Balancing”. The institute has also
been recognized on the networks ABC, NBC, CNN, Fox, and Reuters as among the
worldwide leaders in gender selection.
Interestingly enough, there is little to no mention of the
cost of the technology and nearly no mention of the mutational risks that could
happen due to the manual moving of the sex chromosomes by scientists. From my perspective
it is disturbing that looking at just this one website page people would be
willing to be a part of this technology so blindly and by looking at one simple pamphlet.
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This is really surprising me, I never thought that some people would want to have "Designer baby" only because of the idea of gender selection. This kind of idea "gender selection" might be use to refuse the idea of and "gene therapy."
ReplyDeleteNow i can understand why some people might against gene therapy.
These informations surprised me. I never know that the Designer Babies technology has already proved and people can have a designed babies.
ReplyDeletemy question is who are controlling this kind of businesses? is it the government?
if yes, that means the government allowed it?!