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Just because we have the technology to do something, is it always morally acceptable to do so? Is it acceptable to interfere with the reproductive process?
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Divya Chandrababu Just because we have the technology to do something, is it always morally acceptable to do so? Is it acceptable to interfere with the reproductive process? The idea of using technology to interfere with the reproductive process provokes excitement and fear. Technology is so advanced that it is possible for parents to choose the gender of their baby by selecting the child's genes. Once the genes are chosen scientists can then create the perfect designer baby by putting the chosen genes into an embryo. This does not only allow parents to choose important aspects of their child, e.g. a child free from genetic disease but may also allow them to select genes for more trivial reasons, for example height, skin colour, hair colour etc. The whole controversy over designer babies is not just medical but social, political and moral. Parents now have the choice of knowing the gender of...
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