Genetically Modified Children Research Paper
Holly Hoisington
May 6, 2014
Honors Anatomy
Mrs. Orszulak
Genetically Modified Children
Just think of it, you 're altered, you are not one hundred percent made from your mother and father. Then how did you come about? How did you become the star track runner when neither of your parents are or were good at running? How did you get the valedictorian seat when your parents were lowest in their classes? How did you turn out to be nothing like your parents, but are still considered their kid? What percent of the parents genes does the unborn child have to contain before it is considered their child? Every year parents pay thousands of dollars to create their child the way they 'd like. They can select everything from the sex, to eye, hair, and skin-color. They are the ultimate deciders of creating their "ideal" child based on fads or what everyone is looking for in child modeling so they can put their "perfect child" into the industry as quickly as possible. This genetic mutilation is known about all over the world and many places have tried or have done something to change it. For example, in 2005, the United Nations adopted the 'Declaration on Human Cloning ' which “prohibit[s] all …show more content…
Eventually a generation could be solely genetically engineered to be an enhanced clone of a parent, or of a celebrity whose genetic heritage the parents purchased at a great price. It seems to me that it may turn out to be like in the movie 'Gattaca ' where normal humans are the lowest class of people compared to the genetically modified humans. We may also find that normal reproduced humans could be put on display as animals are to us so that everyone else can look at us as different or 'under developed
May 6, 2014
Honors Anatomy
Mrs. Orszulak
Genetically Modified Children
Just think of it, you 're altered, you are not one hundred percent made from your mother and father. Then how did you come about? How did you become the star track runner when neither of your parents are or were good at running? How did you get the valedictorian seat when your parents were lowest in their classes? How did you turn out to be nothing like your parents, but are still considered their kid? What percent of the parents genes does the unborn child have to contain before it is considered their child? Every year parents pay thousands of dollars to create their child the way they 'd like. They can select everything from the sex, to eye, hair, and skin-color. They are the ultimate deciders of creating their "ideal" child based on fads or what everyone is looking for in child modeling so they can put their "perfect child" into the industry as quickly as possible. This genetic mutilation is known about all over the world and many places have tried or have done something to change it. For example, in 2005, the United Nations adopted the 'Declaration on Human Cloning ' which “prohibit[s] all …show more content…
Eventually a generation could be solely genetically engineered to be an enhanced clone of a parent, or of a celebrity whose genetic heritage the parents purchased at a great price. It seems to me that it may turn out to be like in the movie 'Gattaca ' where normal humans are the lowest class of people compared to the genetically modified humans. We may also find that normal reproduced humans could be put on display as animals are to us so that everyone else can look at us as different or 'under developed