Pros And Cons Of Crispr

CRISPR is a revolutionary technique that edits genes, enabling humans to select desirable genetic traits. Although this idea of editing genes of human embryos may sound advantageous, editing genes can prove to be dangerous and can leads to dire consequences. Practicing CRISPR on human embryos can also violates the fundamental idea of civil rights. By implementing CRISPR and eliminating genes that we found unfavorable, we are essentially eliminating the diversity of the human gene pools and human rights.
Modifying genes can have many negative impact on the human species. With the CRISPR’s technology of snipping out pieces of DNA, human’s gene diversity will disease inevitably. Since everyone will favor specific desirable traits and snip out all the undesirable genetic DNA, the human gene diversity dwindles till only the DNA that represent the favorable genetic traits are left. Having a low diversity in genetics can also be very dangerous. By unnaturally modifying the human
Unlike religion, children can not simply change their genetics when they come of age. Modifying human embryos determines the physical, and arguably mental, characteristics of the unborn children. By deciding to use CRISPR on a human embryo, a child must accept the predetermined choice made by another human. This process will determine what the child will look, act, and think for the rest of his life. Without an doubt, using CRISPR to modify human genes goes against all the civil liberties that America believes in.
Overall, using CRISPR to modify human embryos offers a couple benefits. But in large, the consequence of the risk of human extinction and violation of human rights outweighs the possible benefits that CRISPR has to offer. It is in humanity’s best interest to not counterbalance the rules of nature, and to not implement CRISPR to modify human