What if, before your baby was born you could genetically modify it? Let's say that you want your baby to be super smart, athletic, be a boy or girl, have great skin, have a certain eye color and certain hair color? Would you do it?
That is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak, you can also remove any genetic anomalies that has run through your family heritage such as, balding, diabetes, cancer, heart conditions, mental instabilities, learning disorders, and just about anything you can think of.
This isn't a science fiction movie or novel, this is what the future holds for all of us. The technology is almost here and what needs to pass the test is the ethics behind it.
Is it morally right to modify a human being before they are born? On one hand I think nature should take its course, let people be born the way nature intended. On the other hand I think, what if it's your baby that is born with autism? Or they are mentally handicapped? I don't think these types of people truly live a fulfilling life, maybe some do but the majority don't.
Here is a link
Editing human embryo
I 100 percent believe that the evolution of the human race should be pushed forward with technology, it already has, and we have modified our bodies on the physical level with implants, vaccines, drugs, creams, and everything else, but we haven't genetically modified ourselves yet. Just because we fear something does not mean we shouldn't do it, but it should be researched and tested before we go in and actually try it on humans.
Scott Goerz
