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    Designer Babies Couples help out one another when it comes to making decisions whether its deciding on dinner or picking out floor plans for a new home. But now technology has a way for couples to pick out there babies genetics and design there perfect baby. "Designing babies using genetic enhancement is an issue that is gaining attention in the news." ("Debating ’designer babies’") This controversial issue‚ is causing people to think about moral issues surrounding genetic

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    more options in which to have a child. Designer babies are becoming an increasing choice for soon to be parents. With these designer babies‚ they have the ability to breed the best possible child which is called eugenic engineering. Some of the advantages of designer babies are identifying diseases to a child‚ choosing the sex of the child and even creating the physical appearance. The only thing standing in front of it is a question. Are creating designer babies ethical? When having a child‚ one of

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    of. No‚ this menu is at a medical clinic and it’s the menu to your new customized “designer baby”. Technology has advanced so much in the past couple years that this situation could happen very soon. If not in your lifetime‚ then in that of your children’s. What is a “designer baby”? It’s exactly as the words imply; a baby genetically modified to what the parents call “the perfect baby”. Today‚ the sex of the baby‚ the hair color‚ and the eye color can all be modified to the choice of the parent

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    Designer Baby The term‚ “Designer baby” is used mostly by the media to describe the selection of an embryo with specific chromosomes which produces a baby of either chosen sex or with certain genetic features. This is both exciting and frightening at the same time. Also have a lot of ethical issues on designer babies. There are several arguments against a designer baby. These include: PGD to prevent a genetic disorder‚ people with genetic disorders are inferior‚ it involves destroying embryos

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    If a parent had a chance to make his or her baby “perfect”‚ should he or she take the opportunity? The term “designer baby” means that people can choose what characteristics they want in their baby. For example‚ appearance‚ intelligence‚ and personality. Some people think that designer babies would start a “superior race” or that his or her child would be born “perfect”. Designer babies are morally and ethically wrong‚ it is playing God‚ it is dangerous‚ and people would take it to far. “Playing

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    Research Project Number: 25088100 DESIGNER BABIES There have been many social views on the topic of designer babies‚ which include a scientist point-of-view. Designer babies are those of which parents can make the rash decision to genetically alter their child so that they do not develop the genetic disorders that many of us have today. By using IVF or InVitro Fertilization as the method of altering the genes‚ doctors have been able to “custom make” unborn babies to portray or eliminate certain characteristics

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    How to make a Designer Baby? That is not a simple question to ask‚ it hardly includes complex steps and a process. And each one or each step should be perfect and if not certain problems may occur. First is to create an Embryo with the use of a "in- vitro fertilization" or what we call IVF. The first step is not an easy step‚ it includes a long and a complicated process. It is commonly accomplished by doing it manually‚ by incorporating an egg and a sperm in a laboratory dish‚ and

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    Title: Designer Babies Topic: Possible future of how children will be genetically engineered to suit parent’s needs/wants. Organization: Topical Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech‚ (fill in the blank) At the end of my presentation the audience will be able to recall information about designer babies. INTRODUCTION I.        Attention Getter: The ability to customize the things exactly the way we want is a luxury that has become quite common in today’s world. Designing a purse‚ clothes

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    most likely result in your baby’s death. All your dreams and hopes would be crashed and your hearts broken. What if you were then told that there’s a way science could solve this global issue? The term “Designer Babies” has been thought of as science fiction for a long time now to describe babies that have been genetically altered while still in the embryo form for good-looks‚ intelligence and to be free of genetic disease. With the new advanced reproductive technologies available‚ this dream could

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    Matthew Roush November 20‚ 2017 Designer Babies Should designer babies be allowed to happen or should babies just be born naturally. I think that designer babies should be allowed in some ways to like fix a birth defect not to make the baby but to help it live. So that is kinda why i think that designer babies should be allowed to be used but in some cases it would be better for the parents if they had the kid and for it to not be made. Because some parents want their own kid and not

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