Is the perfect child one that can be designed exactly to society’s wants or one that is naturally itself and not genetically modified? This is a large debate that has many opinions, both for and against the idea of designing embryos. In reality, there are many positives to genetically modifying embryos, which outweighs the negatives such as moral reasons. One example of a positive to this process is that it prevents a disease within the mitochondria. According to the New York Times, “Roughly 1,000 to 4,000 children born in the United States each year will develop a mitochondrial disease” (Darnovsky, “Genetically Modified Babies”). This shows that there is a lot of lives that can be saved by this process. Genetically modifying can also change
…show more content…
If the child does get the genetic disease, then it will be costly with all of their medical bills due to testing and treatment. First of all, this will help the parents save money because they must pay for their child’s medical bills until they are eighteen. Secondly, the child will save money because they will eventually have to pay for their own medications and treatments. Modifying embryos is beneficial in one way that it can take away a genetic disease therefore saving money, creating less stress, and also creating an allover healthier …show more content…
Gavin O’Toole argues, “…that child’s own eventual offspring should also be free of these [genetic disorders], changing the genetic line for ever” (“New Gene Therapy Births”). This means that the genetic disorder that was passed down previously will not be a worry to future family members; the disease will not cause stress or worry to any more family members. If a disease is no longer working its way through family members, then potentially they would have a longer life span. Bridget Dimond discusses how it is beneficial because siblings can help one another through tissue typing if there is a disease in one child but not the other (“Sense and Suitability”). Due to all of the evidence gathered, it is safe to say that overall genetically modified embryos positively impacts all future generations because the disease will no longer get passed down and there will be much less stress when wondering about their future children’s
If the child does get the genetic disease, then it will be costly with all of their medical bills due to testing and treatment. First of all, this will help the parents save money because they must pay for their child’s medical bills until they are eighteen. Secondly, the child will save money because they will eventually have to pay for their own medications and treatments. Modifying embryos is beneficial in one way that it can take away a genetic disease therefore saving money, creating less stress, and also creating an allover healthier …show more content…
Gavin O’Toole argues, “…that child’s own eventual offspring should also be free of these [genetic disorders], changing the genetic line for ever” (“New Gene Therapy Births”). This means that the genetic disorder that was passed down previously will not be a worry to future family members; the disease will not cause stress or worry to any more family members. If a disease is no longer working its way through family members, then potentially they would have a longer life span. Bridget Dimond discusses how it is beneficial because siblings can help one another through tissue typing if there is a disease in one child but not the other (“Sense and Suitability”). Due to all of the evidence gathered, it is safe to say that overall genetically modified embryos positively impacts all future generations because the disease will no longer get passed down and there will be much less stress when wondering about their future children’s