A couple of weeks ago my question of the week was whether you would choose the sex of your baby, even if it was affordable and easily available. From the comments I recieved, I noticed that most of you would not mess with mother nature. I'm sure many of those Mothers who answered might feel the same way about this question of the week, or will they?
ABC recently did a story, Babies of the Future, about choosing your baby's individual traits. Saying in 25 years parents will be able to hand pick the appearance and personality traits of their little adorable one. Is this good? (Click here to watch the ABC's report)
In 2031 parents can choose hair color, eye color, intellectual traits, how athletic, and even talents. This may seem very absurd, but this could very much be the next reality. I can defintely see competition between parents and who's kid is more intelligent, attractive, and talented. Can't you?
When ABC News asked Mothers about genetic modification, they showed resistence. The Mothers didn't agree on doing it. One Mother mentioned it took away the unexpected out of having a baby. One can certainly agree. But when they asked the Mothers about tinkering with genetic modification to avoid diseases, Mothers changed their opinion and agreed that could be necessary.
Children of the future will have a huge advantage over children today, by becoming super resistent to diseases.
All this brings up the question, "what does it mean to be human?" Especially if we can decide on personality traits, appearance, and one's health.
My question to Mothers is would you preselect your baby's individual traits? This is including resistence to diseases! I know if I had the ability, I would choose the "healthier" embryo to help my child avoid terrible diseases, such as cancer, but I would not mess with their personality or appearance. I would like mother nature to do its part there.
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Monday, November 13, 2006
? OF THE WEEK: Would You Preselect Your Baby's Individual Traits?
A couple of weeks ago my question of the week was whether you would choose the sex of your baby, even if it was affordable and easily available. From the comments I recieved, I noticed that most of you would not mess with mother nature. I'm sure many of those Mothers who answered might feel the same way about this question of the week, or will they?
ABC recently did a story, Babies of the Future, about choosing your baby's individual traits. Saying in 25 years parents will be able to hand pick the appearance and personality traits of their little adorable one. Is this good? (Click here to watch the ABC's report)
In 2031 parents can choose hair color, eye color, intellectual traits, how athletic, and even talents. This may seem very absurd, but this could very much be the next reality. I can defintely see competition between parents and who's kid is more intelligent, attractive, and talented. Can't you?
When ABC News asked Mothers about genetic modification, they showed resistence. The Mothers didn't agree on doing it. One Mother mentioned it took away the unexpected out of having a baby. One can certainly agree. But when they asked the Mothers about tinkering with genetic modification to avoid diseases, Mothers changed their opinion and agreed that could be necessary.
Children of the future will have a huge advantage over children today, by becoming super resistent to diseases.
All this brings up the question, "what does it mean to be human?" Especially if we can decide on personality traits, appearance, and one's health.
My question to Mothers is would you preselect your baby's individual traits? This is including resistence to diseases! I know if I had the ability, I would choose the "healthier" embryo to help my child avoid terrible diseases, such as cancer, but I would not mess with their personality or appearance. I would like mother nature to do its part there.
pregnancy baby question of the week future science baby's health pregnancy weekly diseasesmother parents fertility childbirth family personality traits intelligence genetic modificationembryo
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