933). Designer babies have many pros and cons, but the cons outweigh the pros. Babies’ life and health are at risk if you designed them because of the rare occurrence of this procedures. You do not see signs on doors saying, “Located here is the Build a Baby Workshop.” It is expensive to design your own baby. Designer babies will bring about gaps in society, an unfair world, and no individuality. All humans will slowly become the same, and one person will mutate causing the cycle to reset. Humanity will just be an endless circle. This all started with parents with good intentions. They wanted to prevent their children from inheriting diseases. Now, they have a desire to manipulate and control their children’s personality, physical characteristics, and mental traits. Genetic engineering is being used for superficial reasons. Children’s already face a lot of difficulties in today’s society. Their parents set standards for them. For example, most Asian parents set unbelievably high standard. Their children always have to make good grade. Their children bring home an eighty-six; their parents tell them to do better. Next time, the children bring home a ninety-six; their parents tell them to do better again. Their parents keep telling them to do better. The children cannot make a higher grade than a hundred, but they still tell them to improve. Making all hundreds is hard because humans are not perfect and a one hundred is the perfect score. Children feel pressured, stressed, and judged, that is why they inflict self harm and commit suicide. Parents already have so much control over their children, so using genetic engineering is not right, especially when used for enhancement. The only time designing the child is right is when it is used to prevent
933). Designer babies have many pros and cons, but the cons outweigh the pros. Babies’ life and health are at risk if you designed them because of the rare occurrence of this procedures. You do not see signs on doors saying, “Located here is the Build a Baby Workshop.” It is expensive to design your own baby. Designer babies will bring about gaps in society, an unfair world, and no individuality. All humans will slowly become the same, and one person will mutate causing the cycle to reset. Humanity will just be an endless circle. This all started with parents with good intentions. They wanted to prevent their children from inheriting diseases. Now, they have a desire to manipulate and control their children’s personality, physical characteristics, and mental traits. Genetic engineering is being used for superficial reasons. Children’s already face a lot of difficulties in today’s society. Their parents set standards for them. For example, most Asian parents set unbelievably high standard. Their children always have to make good grade. Their children bring home an eighty-six; their parents tell them to do better. Next time, the children bring home a ninety-six; their parents tell them to do better again. Their parents keep telling them to do better. The children cannot make a higher grade than a hundred, but they still tell them to improve. Making all hundreds is hard because humans are not perfect and a one hundred is the perfect score. Children feel pressured, stressed, and judged, that is why they inflict self harm and commit suicide. Parents already have so much control over their children, so using genetic engineering is not right, especially when used for enhancement. The only time designing the child is right is when it is used to prevent