Answer the following questions:
- Would you choose to genetically "program" your baby?
- Do you think it is RIGHT to offer parents the ability to pick and choose the traits they would like their child to have? Explain.
- How would you feel if you knew that you are the way you are because your parents MADE THE CHOICE to make you a boy or girl, picked your hair color, your intelligence etc. What problems might this cause?
- The experts think that the ability to program the child would make our world even more competitive - do you agree or disagree with this? Explain
- Would it be ok to program genes for health reasons? How would this change society?
- If you knew in advance that your child carried a gene for cancer or some other disease - would that effect your decision to Have the child? Or would it influence how you treated the child once they were born?
- George Annas feels that genetic engineering will add to the divide between rich and poor - explain your thoughts on this? Why do you think he feels this way?
- Post a comment on this blog explaining your point of view on Genetically modified kids - give at least 3 supporting details to back up your opinion. The post won't show up immediately - I moderate the blog.
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24 comments:
we think that it is not a good idea to geneticaly alter your child because you should let them become who they want to be. Health risks are the only exception. if we did that to our kids everyone would be the same and thats boring.
Amelia and Rachel 6*
i think that it would be good for our world because people would then be nicer to each other because they would all be alike in some way i don't really know why this would be bad for the world except that the poor people wouldn't be able to affort any of that kind of triat changer
I believe that you should not be able to modify your baby, because a baby is a gift from god, I would not want to have a different life for the baby, and I believe that a baby is a surprise.
i think it would be a good thing in todays world how everybody is obbsessd with their looks and thier weight and thier hieght. i would cancell out problems with teens when they are older but i also think it would be bad thinking about the rich and the poor because im sure it would be extremly exspensive. and the poor people wouldnt be able to afford it and then it would make the gap between us even bigger.
i don't think that it would be a good idea to be able to genetically "program" our children. The reasons i think this is because we should love our children the way they are without us changing them. Another reason i think this is because it will make this society more competive than it already is. My last and final reason is because we shouldnt have to change the way our children look or their talents to make us happy with them.
This one facet of nature should never be changed. I will never of my own free condemn my child to be different than they would normaly be. It is unfair and, personaly, disgusting.
I believe generically modified children are wrong against nature. The child needs to grow up with what god gave him/her. Flaws are an important part of society.
Julia Tranter
i think it has pros and cons to the surgery.I'd rather be surprised and see how my kid turned out. But Iwould also want to have the perfect kid to help effect the future for the family.
i think genetically altering cells is a good thing as longs as they figure it all out before they use it on a human being.
I dont think its a good ldea. we shouldnt really choose the way we look . we were made they way we do for a reason
I believe that making your child the way you want it is not right at all. I think this because if you made your child be smart then they would have no problem in school and that is not fair to the normal children that have to study and work hard to get a good grade. Also if you made you child how you wanted it to look then i bet there would be a lot of similar "perfect" looking people in the world. The only reason i think it would be right is if cancer or some type of illness ran in your family that was deadly and was sure to effect your childs life is the only reason this gentic child creation thing should be used for.
I think that genetic engineering isn't a good idea. Yes, it is a step-up in science, but science and technology are advancing everyday. It will cause problems and divison between groups of whatever sort in society. Of course, it's going to have it's good parts, but not as a whole. Some kids will suffer from this, others will triumph from this. It is a hard topic to talk about, because it's an opinion. Nothing more, nothing less.
I think its wrong to want to change how your child will look. its not the creationg of life anymore, its just a project. If it were available, I would change some stuff around so that they were not born with a terminal disease, or diformity becasue i would not want them to suffer or die at an early age.
I don't think that this would be a smart idea. no kid wants there parent to creat how they look and act. Most kids want there genes to come naturally and not be made up.
-Sarah Byrne
I think it is not a good i dea to genetically altar your baby's genes unless it has to do with medical issues.
7*
i think its a good idea if you can change certain things like cancer and mental and physical disabilities
I dont think that this would be a smart idea. no kid wants there parent to creat how they look and act. Most kids want there genes to come naturally and not be made up by there parents.
I dont think its a good ldea. we shouldnt really choose the way we look . we were made they way we do for a reason
I believe that people should be born the way they are meant to be. This is immoral and if this happened then there would be many "perfect" people in the world. Its not how it is meant to be and it never will be. "Natural Selection"
I dont care if someone wants to genetically alter their child. I personally wouldnt. But I dont care what other people do.
The abiltiy to choose what your child's genetics is a very contraversial choice. On one side, people could make the perfect person and be happy with their choice. On the other side, it could be seen as going against what was intended for the baby and the legitimacy factor could bother some.
I, personally, wouldn't do it because you can live an enjoyable life with what skills you already have. Nothing more or less is necessary. Besides, how would you react to knowing that you possibly have nothing in common with your parents or have been altered at birth, for instances.
God had intended all of us to look, and perform a cetain way. Many children might have silly habits, behaviors, and looks...but that is in the nature of a child, they outgrow their oddities, and mature. Our silly imperfections make us more than just another face in the crowd, it makes us unique.
Hallie F.
8th period
I think it is good and bad to change youur kid genetically. It would be good because you can avoid health risks in the future and you wouldn't have to worry about the childs future healthwise. But i think its bad because when you change genetics of your kid your taking away the traits that make it your child.
I dont think this is a good idea. because I think you are just planning out the childs life for it. I think if you can do this later on in life then fine. but dont do it when the child has no say.
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