Monday, November 2, 2009

Designer Babies

The Fertility Institutes was the first company to boldly offer couples the opportunity to screen their embryos not only for genetic diseases or gender, but to screen for all the physical characteristics such as: eye color, height, hair color, and skin tone. The Fertility Institutes claims that this is just the beginning and one day will be able to completely customize any offspring. Many people are flocking from all over and are willing to spend any amount of money for their "perfect child." On the other hand, some people feel as though designer babies are unethical and lack moral values. Designer babies are now in science's reach and there is no turning back. (113)

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