I've heard about technology now where you can change the genes of a baby still in the womb of a pregnant woman to make it what you want it to look like. That seems kind of weird to me. Some might find it morally wrong because God created us all how he wanted us.

But then again, if you found out that your baby had a certain disorder or disease, wouldn't you want to fix that?

Do you find this right or wrong?

I'm leaning more toward natural birth.
If my child had a disorder or disease, I think I would try to embrace that, and not try to change his/her genes before they're born. But that's just my opinion.

i think it depends on what the disease was? if it was life threatening then maybe i would try to change that. but if the baby would be able to lead a normal life with the disorder, then i second what mini says.

it doesn't seem wrong. if it's a disease i understand, but if you just want to change your baby's appearance i think that's wrong.

Oh geez. Us ugly kids should be ugly if we were created that way. Gosh. Leave us ugly kids in peace already.

designer babies are made by altering genes in the sperm, egg, or very early embroyos. it usually done in a little dish in the laboratory.

a lot of people having designer babies use genetic engineering to stop the passing on of diseases and disorders. i suppose there are some vain people out there who mix and match the parents best genes into the child and some use it to determine the sex of the child.

there's two types. one makes changes that do not become hereditary and target specific areas. i suppose genetic engineering is okay if it's to change life threatening disorders/diseases. my family has a history of diabetes. if i can somehow prevent my children from developing it... i wouldn't mind. however, it's it to make like a prefect baby then that's a little excessive. i don't know if we are capable of making super smart or super attractive babies from genetic engineering yet but i hope we never get to that point.

I've never actually heard of that.

Where did you hear it from?

But then.. They don't exactly know which strain of DNA gives you a disease. Sure, they know for a few, but many are yet to be found.

exacly what she said



by the way i love the title it's so funny

I think that it's ok if you are trying to prevent a birth defect, disease or other health-related issue. I don't agree with changing the sex and possible physical attributes.

Actually, sometimes after birth children are affected physically by there environment. They actually can slightly change in appearance from what they originally were. And when I say slightly, I mean it to the literal sense. It's a very small change, but still a change in that.

I agree. If there was a history of diabetes for example, I'd want to change that so my child wouldn't have a greater chance of getting it.

But then how would they be able to change the genes?
They think that variations in the sequence of the CTLA-4 gene might cause diabetes, but they don't know for sure. And how would they be able to correct it?

I don't think I would fix anything..
I still believe God made people a certain way for a reason.

See: harlequin ichthyosis
God's a cruel mofo.

The only thing that should be changed is .... acne ;]

REMOVE ACNE PROBLEMS ! SO TEENAGERS WOULDNT BE SO DEPRESSED!

^ Y'know that's usually not why teenagers are depressed. It's usually the hormones + drama + bad days.

I really don't think they should change anything.
And as my last post in here says, they don't have the technology to cure diseases through altering DNA yet. It'll probably take quite a few years to figure everything out.

Nope.

There are people who avoid social. They are afraid of themselves. (Anti-social)

There are people who are not open to others.

There are people who buy a lot of makeup to cover their pimples. (Wasting money)



There are some theories that stress, chocolate, and oily food causes pimple. Many people assume that it could be the problem to acne. Therefore, a great amount of people avoid these foods as possible.

Ok, so maybe bad days and drama are sometimes caused by acne (I still don't really get it..), but they're not comletely related. Depends on the person's self-esteem/how self-concious they are.

Uhh, yeah. Getting slightly off topic here.. =/

OMG I'm so sick of technology right now it's not even funny, a lot of this stuff is not even called for. People do not realize that with stupid, easy, shit like this they take the freakin purposes out of life more and more until one day it will just be so bland and there is nothin to work for, look foward to, or to be surprised or enthused about. Stupid effers.

So no, I do not agree with shit. :)

I watched a movie in science class about parents who were trying to make there child smart- a young Einstein. And another set who were aspring for there child to be tall.

As much as that sounds interesting, I think it is kind of wrong. You shouldn't mess with the nature of your child. Yes it would be cool- and probably make lots of money- if your child was a prodigy. But you should let your child be there own person and let nature take its part and see what your child would grow up to be on its own.

However on another note how people fix there children- if they have spina difida- I think that is okay. Not that it's torture or.. that your just doing to so your child won't get teased. But I would want my child to have a healthy life. If my child has Down's and I could fix it- without harming my baby- then I would do it. But I would NEVER terminate it or not love it just because of it. In fact when I get pregnant I would check for things- so I could be prepared. I guess it depends on the paerson or the situation.

^Ditto. I'm all for natural birth. Unless I can save my kid's life by altering his/her genes, I'm leaving my baby the way they were meant to be.

yes i would change it. Like blue eyes or a better nose.

^ Why? That's a bit.. superficial, don't you think?

I suppose its kind of wrong to change someone from who they really are. Although if something was horribly wrong with them, I suppose it would be nice to fix that. Mostly I find it wrong, to change the genes of someone, sounds like its making it so its not even your kid anymore. -shrugs- I wouldn't exactly want to carry someone elses kid in me.

You guys arent being realistic.

I see where you are all coming from but what happens when this actually occurs, you get to choose from the parents which traits he/she can or cant have but are you going to leave his autism alone, are you gonig to let him/her be blind deaf and mute.

"I want her to have green eyes and black hair, but leave her with diabetes, i dont want to alter her."

In the future i think this will be an option, but its either stick with the baby you have or change everything about your baby. Once everyone has green blue eyes and blonde hair, the special ones are the minorities, the ones with freckles, that have sicknesses.