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 why do parents want to design their own babies? (8)

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why do parents want to design their own babies?

are they doing this for the baby's outcome or to prevent deseases

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3 points

Seems okay to me... if you go to a sperm bank you don't just spin a big wheel and hope for the best... you want to know a little about the sperm donor.

2 points

I think a lot of the stem cell research and 'designing babies' has been labeled badly. The original idea behind it all was to screen for defects and hereditary illnesses. I know they now offer choosing a child's sex and they are researching being able to choose eye colour e.c.t. However it's not all shallow nonsense it's really ground breaking medical development.

Side: Medical screening for disability
1 point

because they want their baby to look a certain way and thats some messed up s!@#.

Side: for the appearance

Most parents don't want some smart ass kid talking back to them and asking, "why?" all the time and saying stuff like, "It's not fair! My friends are allowed to..." etc. So parents want to design their own kids and weed these awful qualities out ;)

Side: for the appearance
1 point

Do it already & it's called sonograms, if a girl, abort - that's why there is a female shortage in China with the one child policy. Do it in India choosing the sex is a decision to design the 'correct' gender.

Side: for the appearance
Logicalend2e(36) Disputed
2 points

The reason for the infanticide of females in China is only due to the societal construct that men are superior. Superior is defined as most beneficial or has the best chance at survival/advancement in said society. Women are and have throughout time been considered unequal in all facets of life compared to men.

However wrong this belief is, it has laid claim to the consciousness of most men. We as humans were more enlightened in our early evolution as the Egyptians had several female rulers, passed down from the Babylonians belief that the females ability to create/incubate life was GOD like! Our inability as a race to see the truth in our own existence is baffling!

Side: for the appearance
1 point

Well... It is happening as a possibility and hence being used. Well it sounds completely bizarre with all the tricks that we have been playing with the nature.

Side: for the appearance

Evolution is an unstoppable imperative, we as a creature of this process need to mate with the best person that can provide the greatest chance of our combined progeny to succeed and flourish. If we as a society have evolved to the point of being able to create the best and brightest offspring it is only natural that we follow through with this concept!

Side: for the appearance