Eugenics, In theory & practice Options

[PaulAllen]

Eugenics is the idea of altering human heredity to benefit people, such as genetically implementing defenses against disease. But it can also be used to create designer babies that look however you could want. There are certainly benefits and many risks. After World War II, when the Nazis' horrific eugenics program was revealed to the rest of the world, eugenics essentially dropped out of scientific vocabulary and has since become a largely ignored subject. But as science discovers more and more about genetics and how heredity works and can be altered, eugenics is possibly one of the most sensitive bioethics issues of the 21st century.

Thoughts on its allowance? Regulations and restrictions and ways of enforcing them? Altruism or playing God?

[coconutter]

I don't think it should be outlawed or anything. Hey, if people want to have a boy baby because they want to bypass some girl things, there's nothing wrong with that. Gender is a thing it'd be nice to be able to choose, since there are some supposed natural methods to help steer pregnancy to one gender. Though, I certainly would not want to choose my child's face and talents. That is completely unnatural and some things were just left up to mother nature to decide.

When they throw health and immunities into the system, I have no problem with that at all. I obviously want my child to be safe and healthy as possible, and if that means changing a few things, that's a risk I'm willing to take for my child's safety and health.