There are many pros and cons of designer babies or inheritable gene modification and there is also ethical dilemmas. Some benefits are that theses babies have a higher life expectancy, certain genetic diseases can be prevented, humans would have a better understanding of genetics, and children can be guaranteed a healthy lives. On the other hand, some drawbacks are that the embryo can be prematurely destroyed, technology used is still experimental, a gap between designer babies and regular children can be created, and the child has no say in if he wants to be genetically modified.
One of the ethical issues that comes from these pros and cons is that parents may have a extremely high expectation for their designer children that are unobtainable. Also, these children may have other ideas of what they want to do in life while their parents may have something else planned for them. Ultimately, we believe that designer babies should only be accessible to a small group of people, so their wouldn't be a huge difference between designer babies and non-designer babies.
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