Designer Baby and The Horrors That Await

Ditulis oleh: Administrator, 02-12-2019

           Technology helps our life become much easier, however, we can not deny that technology has also changed on how we live. One of the examples is genetic engineering. We now are able to do a lot of screening DNA manipulation to help eliminate disabilities and diseases. These new methods can also help parents to have their ideal baby. A new system of genetic engineering usually called “Designer babies” genetically modifies the DNA of a fetus to achieve desirable traits among them. This ultimately changes how the baby is supposed to be. While it may seem to some people that designer baby is really beneficial, it can actually cause more harm for it goes against the law of nature.

           Some people support the idea of designer baby because it can provide the best genes for the baby. Sociologist and bioethicist James Hughes of Trinity College, think that it was true. Hughes said, “We allow parents to have children if they have all kinds of problems.” His argument is that we do not stop people from passing on what we consider “bad” genetic codes, things that might make a person’s life harder, so we should not stop people from trying to provide someone with a “good” genetic code. By doing the process of designer baby, the parents are able to choose what their child looks like based on their expectation and can set up how their child will be. Not only changing the baby’s physical look, designer baby also immediately discard most of the unborn baby’s defective genes and only keep the healthy genes. Once most of the medical issues are taken care of and eliminated from baby’s genes, it will automatically enhance the baby’s overall health and help to increase the life rate as well. However, despite all of the advantages, designer baby may create many harms because we can not guarantee whether the process will be successful or not. Furthermore, we can not know if the process of modifying DNA of the baby may result in effects in the future. Therefore, we should take a lot of consideration before taking the risk.

           First of all, designer baby is a violation of your baby’s rights. Everyone has the right to choose how they will live their lifes even an unborn baby. When the parents had set up how their baby will look like, they essentially change the life and mind of a living human being without thinking of asking the person’s permission in regard. In this case, the parents will alter the baby’s mental, emotional and physical makeup for life, meanwhile the baby can not speak up for themselves whether they wanted it or not. Designer baby is a process in which the baby will be used as a tool or a scientific experiment, instead of being treated more like a human being.

           Secondly, The process of designer baby may accidentally give rise to new forms of illness that scientists are not yet aware of. Scientists are aware that being able to edit the human genome may have dangerous consequences. “It could put pressure on people to change their genetic sequence when they have a disease,” said Francoise Baylis. Scientists don’t know at the moment how they can deliver the gene editing molecular scissors into the cells and the tissue whose genes are to be edited. Doudna, philosopher and bioethicist Francoise Baylis of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, said and laughed, "If I knew the answer to that, I could probably retire.” Many scientists are still not sure how to successfully modifies the DNA of the unborn baby. Therefore, the process of designer baby may create some new diseases that scientists have not known yet. For more worst, the new diseases will not easily be cured and can harm the baby.

           The last is designer baby is not an error-free process. The process of genetic modification to create designer babies is still in its nascent stage, which means that it is still in its experimental phase and needs more time to progress. The process is also not a hundred percent safe. On 2015, scientists in China applied the technology to alter the DNA of very early human embryos. However, these embryos were not viable and also were not given the opportunity to develop any further. It was simply a lab experiment in a petri dish without clinical applications. In case there is some error while carrying out the process of creating a designer baby, it could also lead to an accidental miscarriage. As the process is still going through a lot of experiments and changes, it is not yet fully understood what type of implications it may have in the baby’s future genetic disposition. Scientists and the medical experts who are involved in such processes are not yet sure how a designer baby will affect the family tree in the future.

           In conclusion, despite the advantages that designer baby bring, or “will” bring, it actually can cause more harm. Designer baby can be a violation of baby’s rights and bring new diseases. The process can be risky, for the successful is still unknown yet. We still do not know what will happen to our baby in the future after the modification of their DNA. Therefore, it is much better for the parents to accept their baby just the way he or she will be.

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Source             : https://www.momjunction.com/articles/designer-babies_00395977/

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