Designer Babies Essay.

Genetic engineering is the alteration of genetic code by artificial means, and is therefore different from traditional selective breeding. Genetic engineering has given us the power to alter the very basis of life on earth. It therefore has few limits-except our imagination, and our moral or ethical code. Genetic engineering has the power to change who we are. I am particularly interested in a current concept, specifically choosing genes that may determine favourable characteristics in …

…technique as a way to obtain babies with specific hair and eye colour or other physical traits, rather than to avoid disease or handicap, it will do more harm than good. Babies no longer be viewed as a gift of life, but a child becomes a thing valuable as it is beautiful or smart, healthy or strong. The concept raises ethical questions among critics who say selection babies based on physical characteristics goes too far.