Persuasive Essay On Designer Babies

With technology advancing everyday, there are starting to become 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 the most important things that parents hope for is that their child will be healthy. For a long time, parents wouldn’t know if their child would have any disabilities until they were born. Now with PGD (preimplantation genetic diagnosis), doctors are able to find deadly diseases in embryos. “The procedure is performed before implantation thus allowing the couple to decide if they wish to continue with the pregnancy.” (American Society for Reproductive Medicine.) This is causing designer babies to become a popular choice for parents that really hope to have
Mothers could take vitamins but this was never a guarantee of the child’s gender. Now with designer babies, this is a realistic opportunity for parents. Technology has skyrocketed since the 90’s and now performing vitro fertilization (procedure used to choose the conception of a child) there is almost a 100% chance of successfully choosing the sex of a child. This has become very controversial to society but that isn’t slowing it down at all. "From my own personal perspective, I don't think there's anything unethical about any of it, however it's ethically controversial" (Dr. Mark Sauer.) Celebrities are even starting to have designer babies and choosing whether they have a girl of