Since the days of the Nazi regime and the blonde hair – blue eyes craze, society has had highly specific standards of what is “perfect” and what is not. The human race is going to great lengths to become perfect beings, even when there are known complications involved, such as plastic surgery that can cause undesired facial deconstruction later on in life. Pre-implementation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is just another one of these procedures where perfection can be achieved. Parents are using PGD to eradicate hereditary diseases such as Huntington’s and cystic fibrosis from their children on the genetic level via in-vitro fertilization (IVF). However, people are abusing this noble, scientific breakthrough and living by the motto, forget designer handbags… designer babies are the new trend! Humans should not be allowed to genetically modify or choose their children because it can lead them to choose embryos based on certain characteristics that they desire, it is morally wrong and against God’s will, and genetic diversity will be greatly reduced.
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Adding to this detrimental list is the desire for perfect, designer babies. Sure PGD can prevent awful hereditary diseases, but the cons of this technology definitely outweigh the pros. Genetically modifying children and choosing certain embryos will cause more harm than advantages because humans will become more power-hungry after choosing their children based off their standards of perfection, changing the DNA of embryos is morally wrong, and the genetic diversity of GMO children will not be very strong. One could say that designing babies is like the Subway sandwich line where people build their dream sub, except this time, it is dream children and the condiments are their traits. Shouldn’t children be viewed as gifts, not as sandwiches? Has society taken it too far this
PGD was originally created to …show more content…
Adding to this detrimental list is the desire for perfect, designer babies. Sure PGD can prevent awful hereditary diseases, but the cons of this technology definitely outweigh the pros. Genetically modifying children and choosing certain embryos will cause more harm than advantages because humans will become more power-hungry after choosing their children based off their standards of perfection, changing the DNA of embryos is morally wrong, and the genetic diversity of GMO children will not be very strong. One could say that designing babies is like the Subway sandwich line where people build their dream sub, except this time, it is dream children and the condiments are their traits. Shouldn’t children be viewed as gifts, not as sandwiches? Has society taken it too far this