Designer Babies

Every year in the United States, 40,000 babies born have a congenital heart defect, making it the most common congenital anomaly in the United States, and that statistic is only increasing (CDC 2018). 40,000 may not seem like a lot, but that’s 40,000 children affected by a defect that strays them from living a normal childhood and the likeability of living a long and healthy life. Additionally, this affects the parents as well, who are now wary of whether or not their child will surpass their defect and to add on to that there’s the hefty price of treatment. Thankfully, with all the advancements in medicine and technology, these defects and several other medical anomalies are detectable, and possibly treatable, all thanks to prenatal diagnoses which are of utmost importance in the concern of the well-being of the mother and child. So, what if at the point of diagnosis, where there is a strong confidence that of a child being born with a debilitating disease or disorder, could you simply just cut out the responsible pieces of DNA and rid of that probability? If possible and with the backing of research, genetically modifying babies can lead to eradicating …show more content…
In this paper, I will be covering the upbringing research of genetically modifying babies, more commonly known as designer babies, and the ethicality of its introduction to society.

Research on designer babies in recent years has led to bright new ideas that inch it closer to reality showing how we are taking advantage of technology in medicine and the constant lookout for ridding of human error and boosting precision. According to an article in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Reproductive Medicine, Ronald T.K. Pang and P.C. Ho, both respected professors at the University of Hong Kong and a part of the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, discuss into depth of two different methodologies, accountable risks, and an