I actually discussed this same topic with my high school science ethics class. I thought it was a really interesting idea that we are already into the science that can basically decide what our children will look like, what gender they will be...things like that. Though it would be beneficial to know that the child is healthy and the way we would preferably want them to look, I personally think it goes against nature. Babies are supposed to be a gift of nature and a surprise the day they are born. If we alter everything about them or even just one or two things, it does in fact upset the balance of how life is just supposed to fall into place with the idea of birth. Making sure babies are born without possibly harmful diseases of course would be a great thing to have discovered but ethically, it just isn't right. If born with a disease it is sad but as i have said in past posts I believe everything happens for a reason and it seems people are losing faith in the fact that things will turn out okay without having to genetically alter things. Even though technology has come a long way, there is still the possibility that things could go wrong and end up worse then if we just left things alone. You also have to take into account what will happen when the child grows up having been genetically altered. What are you supposed to tell them? "Oh by the way you're not biologically natural, but you are still my child and I love you." ? I just think that choosing baby characteristics and stem cell research should be left untouched and let nature take its course.
Do you think there will be a time when technology takes over what we as humans are trying to accomplish in life?
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