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Think all babies are supposed to look like their parents? Well not anymore! With the power of science, your baby can look much prettier than you. Your baby has the chance to be the super model of the family. Whether you want the baby to have a nicer eyes, nose, body, or just about anything else, changing your baby's look is no problem at all! This is the truth and it doesn't seem right in any way. Scientists have found a way to make the above scenario, a reality. Scientists first screen the embryo for genetic disorders and only choose healthy embryos. Babies that are born this way are called "designer babies" by the public, but the scientists probably call them "masterpieces".
Doctors do this by placing the egg in a test tube and fertilize them in a laboratory. This process is called InVitro Fertilization or IVF. This technique of fertilization allows the parents to choose the embryo they want with the genetics of their liking. The second technique that these mad scientists use is called Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis or PGD. During this process doctors screen the embryos and only implant healthy embryos back into the mother's womb. This significantly reduces the chance of the baby having any kind of disorder or disease. Although the baby can be physically altered, the baby could also be saved by a life-threatening disease.
According to Mi-Jung Lee of CTV News British Columbia, these techniques were used approximately 50 times in 2009. Some people are for this technological genius, while others are against this monstrosity. In my opinion, I think that this has its pros and cons. The positive side of this is that babies do not have to be born with a life-ending disease. This technique will drastically reduce the chance of babies dying from a disease or sickness inherited by their parents. The negative side of things totally depends on us humans. Will we take advantage of this technology? Will we use this technology to create the "perfect" physical baby? It can be prevented, but maybe people will be so selfish as to do so. You can assure that religious people will discourage using the technology to physically modify the baby. They would see this as changing God's creation. Also, the cost of all this sure isn't pocket change. A couple spent $30 000 to ensure that their twins would be born healthy. So although you can breathe easy when following this procedure, it might take a long time to recover from the financial impact.
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