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Babies are not Sketchpads Humans should not play God. Genetic engineering is when a piece of DNA is removed or manipulated to alter an organism's characteristics. Scientists can use this procedure to create new plants or give them certain characteristics. Doctors can use genetic engineering to give unborn babies certain traits that the parents would rather the baby have. There are different stances people have on human genetic engineering. I believe it is wrong for these reasons: trying to prevent certain genes can bring harmful and unwanted ones, undesired germline transmission of DNA can occur in the mother, baby, and their future generations of offspring, and, lastly, genetic engineering is too unpredictable and can cause an imbalance

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