Persuasive Essay On Designer Babies

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Designer babies are new and a very unique procedure to have been able to be done. Designer babies is a procedure, when the parents have decided to change a baby's genes for health purposes or in some cases changing their appearance. The first ever designer baby was Adam Nash. They used what is called the pre-implantation process which is Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD or PDGS) refers to the genetic profiling of embryos prior to implantation, and sometimes even of oocytes prior to fertilization. Adam Nash’s title has been the “savior sibling”. Nash’s sister suffers from Fanconi's anaemia, and the doctor needed Adam to have blood that was not infected with the disease. Adam gave his sister some of his blood which saved her life (The Guardian). Since Adam Nash saved his sister from having some of…show more content…
For example if their parents had some type of disease and they don’t want their kids to end up getting it. For personal reasons it should not be allowed for people to just change the eye color or skin color. There is not very many many laws and regulations concerning designer babies now, but since there is newer technology they will need to regulate the extent parents go to alter their child's genes unless it is for health purpose. Nathan 2 A designer baby is a genetically engineered in vitro for specially selected traits which can vary from lowered disease-risk to gender selection. Designer babies are created by a human embryo that is genetically modified, and most of the time following the guidelines that are set by a parent or scientist, to produce desirable traits. Designer babies are becoming definitely becoming more of a want for some parents and not a need, more of the wealthier parents can design their baby
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