The Ethical Dilemma Of Designer Babies

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Genetics is basically rolling dice to see what kind of baby one would get. Sometimes what's being bet is simple; will the baby have blue eyes or brown eyes? Other times it's a little more risky, like if the baby will inherit a genetic disease or not. Designer babies allows one to skip the gamble and choose what the baby will have. Many have called the ethics of such a thing into question, but the overall benefits to humanity as a whole outweigh the ethical question of designer babies.

Let's go ahead and explain how designer babies work. Using CRISPR technology, scientists are now able to cut strands of DNA, and have become able to edit the DNA, to the point where you can already decide if it's a boy or a girl. "...with the growing popularity

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